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EMRY’s Employment
Agency
Worldwide Office:
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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OFWs want OEC junked
By Daisy CL Mandap
“Scrap the OEC”!
That is the cry that is often
heard among overseas Filipino
workers in Hong Kong now,
after
thousands
found
themselves queuing for up to
nine hours for the $20
document that they need to be
able to exit the Philippines’
airports after a vacation, and
return to their work.
Many OFWs choose to go
home in March and/or April as
it is graduation time, or family
members are off work because
of the long Eastern holidays.
At the peak of the
applications on Mar. 15, the
queue extended all the way to
the footbridge connecting
United Centre (where the
Consulate is located) to the
next building.
On the 14th floor where the
Consulate offices are located,
every inch of public space was
packed with applicants that
getting in and out of the lifts
became
a
nightmarish
experience.
Most had to skip lunch. The
few who tried to get food
brought to them said friends
balked at the idea of having to
OFW Peso Savings Account - ATM
NO maintaining balance
Maaaaring gamitin sa PPilipinas
ilipinas (BANCNET
TMs)
(BANCNET,, MEGALINK, EXPRESSNET AATMs)
o sa abroad (MASTERCARD logo
-bearing AATMs)
TMs) kahit anong oras!
logo-bearing
Maaaring mag balance inquiry and bills payment via Metrobank Direct online
banking
Pwedeng magamit pang-shopping through BANCNET PPointointof-Sale
oint-of-Sale
(Philippines) and MasterCard affiliated establishments (worldwide)
Pwedeng gamitin sa online booking ng inyong domestic o international flights.
OTHER METROBANK OFW PRODUCTS & SERVICES OFFERED:
• OFW Peso Savings Account - Passbook
• OFW Dollar Savings Account - Passbook
• OFW Time Deposit
• World Cash Cards - ATM
• Cash Pick-Up Anywhere
Metrobank branches, M Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier, LBC,
and Globe GCash available thru Villarica Pawnshop
• SSS and Pag-Ibig
queue up as well just to get to
them.
The previous Sunday,
Consulate volunteers said a
woman fainted. It was just
plain luck that she was the only
apparent casualty, given the
huge number of people who
kept pouring into the
Consulate for nearly the whole
month.
Though the number of
applicants has always been
huge at this time of the year,
the overcrowding has not been
as bad, mainly because the
OEC issuance was held at the
Bayanihan Centre in Kennedy
Town, which has a huge
outdoor space.
For reasons still unclear, the
Philippine Overseas Labor
Office (POLO) decided, with
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in the Philippines
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INSIDE
POLO claims ‘many’
illegal agency fee refunds
Page 2
Filcom leaders band
together
to
oppose
excessive govt fees
Page 6
Congress to push POEA to
crack down on agencies
Page 8
Roldan probably guilty,
say Congress probers
Page 9
New DCG looks forward
to working with Filcom
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POLO claims ‘many’ refunds of illegal agency fee
By Vir B. Lumicao
There have been many cases in
which placement fees charged
by recruitment agencies were
ordered refunded by the
Philippine Overseas Labor
Office, according to Labor
Attache Nenita Garcia.
This was after The SUN
followed up a statement she
made during a recent visit by
members of the House of
Representatives that POLO
has been ordering agencies to
refund in full all placement
fees they collected from their
recruits.
Labatt Garcia said her office
has been keeping tab on the
number of such cases that
were brought to its attention.
However, her deputy, Ma.
Nena German, said the records
could not be shared imediately
as they were still packed in
boxes, waiting to be sorted
following POLO’s recent
move to its new offices at
Admiralty Centre. She also
said POLO had to protect the
agencies. “Ipinapadala rin
naman namin iyon sa Maynila
so hindi pa namin puwedeng
ibigay sa inyo. At siyempre
para sa privacy na rin ng mga
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(Wanchai MTR Exit C — Turn Left)
Tel. Nos. : 2573-6463 • 2834-7647
• 2834 7707 • 2834 7678 • Fax: 2573 7463
agency,” German said.
Garcia said recruitment
agencies in Hong Kong and
Manila are apprehensive
knowing that the POLO is
reporting their activities,
particularly
workers’
complaints, to the Philippine
Overseas
Employment
Administration, the industry
regulator.
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(Dadong), 0918-6252337 (Lyn)
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Payment includes notary fee, visa fee, handling fee, POEA/
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(Payment includes notarization of employment contacts at the
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Unit 5, 2nd 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)
2/F, Dinato Bldg. (at the back of STI)
Mc.Arthur Highway, Nancayasan
Urdaneta City, Pangasinan Tel. (75)
568-5652/ 624-2307
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JN
na isina-submit sa Maynila.
Takot po sila (agencies) kapag
pinapatawag namin dahil
kapag ini-endorse namin sa
POEA…, marami na pong
nakakanselang license,” the
labor attaché said.
Garcia said the POLO is
already wise to the various
ways by which recruitment
agencies filch job applicants.
Under Philippine laws, it is
illegal for job agencies in the
country to collect placement
fees from applicants, as the
government has shifted the
cost burden to the prospective
employers. In Hong Kong, a
foreign domestic worker is
required by law to pay a local
job agency no more than 10%
of her first monthly salary.
However, there have been
many cases of job agencies
and employers colluding to
make the workers pay for the
recruitment costs by taking out
loans from designated lending
agencies that, in turn, channel
the money to the agencies and
make the workers pay up.
In one recent case in Hong
Kong, an NGO helping
troubled maids intervened to
prevent a Filipina domestic
worker from being sent home
after she was fired by her
employer for refusing to take
out a loan as instructed by her
recruiter.
The helper was escorted by
the agency owner to the airport
when NGO staff intercepted
them. During a meeting
attended by an officer of the
Overseas Workers Welfare
Administration, the agency
agreed to refund the money
paid by the worker but still
insisted on keeping $6,000 as
payment for her services.
Garcia said the POLO is
acting on cases such as the
above, as the office is already
aware of the malpractice.
“Kapag ganoon ay alam na
po namin. Nakita ko na po
iyon,” Garcia said, referring to
the illegal loan.
“Ang sa amin po, pinarerefund din po namin.
Nakatimbre na po iyon sa
Maynila. Kasi that’s a form of
placement
fee.
Kasi
tinatanong namin sila, ano
ang composition ng loan na
iyon kapag ginamit mo?
Kapag sinabi kaagad ng
worker na processing fee,
alam na namin iyon na
placement fee,” Garcia said.
“Kapag tinatanong din
namin kung ito ay para sa
training fee mo, kung
nagbayad ka na ng training
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fee mo, ay talaga namang sa
placement fee iyon.”
There have been many cases
of such bogus loans and the
POLO is going after the errant
agencies, said Garcia, because
this was in accordance with the
orders of Labor Secretary
Rosalinda Baldoz.
Meanwhile, Garcia said her
office is ready to help victims
of illegal recruiters for nonexistent jobs in Canada and
Moscow. “If the recruiter is a
EMRY’s
Hong Kong agency, we can
assist and endorse the victim’s
complaint to the Labour
Department,” the labor attaché
said. If the recruiter is based in
the Philippines, “we will
certainly act against it.”
Employment Agency
www.emrysemploymentagency.com
Guaranteed!
No registration fee
& no placement fee
in the Philippines &
in Hong Kong.
Worldwide Office:
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]
[email protected] • [email protected]
Visit our website: www.emrysemploymentagency.com
Refund Scheme
Employers will get a
refund for cancelled
application.
Services Offered
1) Direct Hire Processing: Self-found helper/employer
HK$5,680.00
2) Local Hire Processing: Introduction done by Emry’s Staff HK$3,976.00
3) Canada Hire Processing: Self-found employer in Canada HK$4,500.00
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BUHAY PINAY
Note: Unless properly identified, people reported here have
been given fictitious names to protect their privacy.
Sino mali ?
Nakapila si Jody sa footbridge ng Admiralty Centre upang
pumunta sa bagong opisina ng POLO para ipasok ang kanyang
bagong kontrata. Habang nasa pila, may nakahuntahan siyang
dalawang Pinay, isang nasa-25 anyos at isang mga edad 50
mahigit. Balak daw humingi ng payo ng dalawa sa POLO hinggil
sa problema ng nakababatang Pinay. Ayon dito, binigyan siya ng
apat na pahinang babala ng kanyang amo at kapag hindi niya
natupad ang mga nakasaad doon ay puputulin ang kanyang
kontrata. Ito umano ang kanyang idudulog sa POLO. Pinabasa
pa kay Jody ang sulat ng amo, na siya naman nitong ikinagulat.
Isa sa mga reklamo ay ang hayagang pagsuway ng Pinay sa mga
utos ng amo gaya ng paggising nito ng wala sa pinagkasunduan
nilang oras. Ayon sa sulat, madalas umano itong huli sa kanyang
pagtatrabaho at laging may kausap sa telepono. Kabilang din ang
hindi pagsusuot ng tamang kasuotan sa pagtatrabaho, at ang
pagsagot-sagot sa kanyang amo. Sa haba ng litanya ng apat na
pahinang sulat, naisip ni Jody na may punto ang amo sa mga
reklamo sa kanyang katulong. Sa kalaunan ng kanilang paguusap, napagtanto ni Jody na mag-ina ang kanyang kausap.
Tinanong si Jody ng nanay kung ano ang masasabi niya sa
sitwasyon ng kanyang anak. Agad na sumabad naman ang anak
na ang lagi umano niyang sagot sa amo ay, “just send me home, I
don’t care!” Ang sabi naman ng nanay nito ay sayang naman daw
ang pagpunta ng anak dito sa Hong Kong para magtrabaho kung
uuwi lang siya agad. Nang tanungin ni Jody kung gaano na siya
katagal sa among mareklamo ay sinagot siya ng dalaga ng limang
buwan pa lang umano siya dito. Madalas din umano siyang
tawagan ng amo ng kanyang anak upang magsumbong sa kanya.
Ayon sa ina, hindi daw siya naniniwalang tamad ang kanyang
anak dahil halos madurog na daw ang mga kamay nito sa allergy
bunga nga maraming trabaho. Nang tanungin naman ni Jody ang
kausap kung hindi ba siya nanghihinayang sa ginastos niya sa
pagpunta dito, agad na sagot naman nito ay hindi daw dahil ayaw
niya sa kanyang trabaho. Sa loob-loob ni Jody, matigas ang ulo
nito at mahirap bigyan ng payo ang isang taong sarado ang isip.
Ang sinabi na lang niya sa mag-inang kausap ay subukan muna
na ayusin ang trabaho ng kanyang anak at huwag magkulang sa
payo at suporta. Kung talagang hindi na matiis ay umuwi na lang
at huwag nang ipilit pa ang pagtatrabaho dito kung hindi naman
magagawa ng maayos. Sa hindi maipaliwanag na dahilan,
biglang sumakit ang ulo ni Jody sa pakikinig ng problema ng
iba. – Jo Campos
Chat pa more!
Isang bagong tablet na matagal na niyang pangarap ang binili ni
Edna mula sa mga naipon niyang lai see galing sa amo at mga
bisita nito noong nakaraang Chinese New Year. Tuwang-tuwa si
Edna dahil dati ay sa kanyang smartphone lang siya nakikipagchat sa nobyong Amerikano. Maliit ang screen ng kanyang
smartphone kaya ika nga niya, “bitin” ang pakikipag-usap dahil
hindi niya masilayan nang maayos ang kanyang ka-chat. Dahil
dito ay pinag-ipunan niya talaga ang pambili ng tablet para mas
malaki ang screen niyang gamit. Ora mismo pagkabili ng gadget
ay agad na nag-online si Edna sa Skype para maka-chat ang
nobyo. Dahil araw ng Linggo ay maraming mga tao sa paligid
nang umpisahan ni Edna ang pakikipag-chat habang naglalakad
malapit sa Worldwide House sa Central. Hindi niya napansin na
may kasalubong siyang isang Intsik na may tulak na kariton na
puno ng gamit. Nahagip ng malaking nakausling bagahe ang
kuwerdas ng earphone ni Edna at natangay ang kanyang bagong
tablet! Humagis ito at nagulungan pa ng kariton. Napasigaw si
Edna at nang damputin niya ang gadget ay durog na ang screen
nito at hindi na mapapakinabangan. Sa halip na magpaumanhin
ang Intsik ay siya pa ang sinigawan at tila nagmura pa na hindi
umano niya tinitignan ang nilalakaran. Laking panghihinayang
at galit ang naramdaman ni Edna. Nang ikuwento niya ito sa
mga kaibigan na nasa kanilang tambayan, isa sa mga ito ang
nagsabi na dapat talagang hindi siya nakikipag-chat habang nasa
kalsada at naglalakad. Sumang-ayon naman ang iba pa niyang
kabarkarda. Kinantiyawan pa siyang, “sige, chat pa more!”
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Ayun, at ang pinag-ipunan niyang bilhin ay nauwi lang sa wala.
Dinala ni Edna ang gadget sa tindahan kung saan niya binili ang
tablet at ang sagot sa kanya ng tindero ay bumili na lang siya ng
iba dahil hindi iyon kasama sa warranty dahil ang damage ay
hindi factory defect. Si Edna na 52 anyos ay isang biyuda, at may
dalawang anak. Nagtatrabaho siya sa Mid Levels. – Jo Campos
Dingding lang
Abot hanggang langit ang galit ni Gloria sa kanyang asawa nang
malaman na isang dingding lamang ang naipatayo nito mula sa
inutang niyang pera na umaabot sa $40,000. Isang buong bahay
na sana ang naipatayo kung ginamit lang ng asawa ang lahat ng
perang ipinadala niya para sa dapat na mapuntahan. Ang
masaklap ay naubos lang ang pera sa sabong, inuman, at
pagpupunta-punta sa bar kasama ang barkada ng lalaki. Sa tindi
ng galit ay inaway at pinagmumura ni Gloria ang asawa, na hindi
niya minsan mang ginawa dati. Nirespeto at minahal niya nang
husto ang asawa pero ngayon ay parang napalitan ang mga ito ng
pagkamuhi. Sabi ni Gloria, sana ay pinambili na lamang niya ng
alahas, magagarang damit, bag, sapatos at bagong telepono ang
perang igagapang niyang bayaran sa loob ng isang taon. Ang
babala niya sa mga kapwa babae na nagpapakahirap magtrabaho
sa ibang bansa, maghunos dili sila sa pagpapadala ng malaking
pera sa mga kabiyak sa Pilipinas upang hindi sila magaya sa
kanya. Hintayin na lamang daw nila na sila ang makauwi sa
Pilipinas para personal na asikasuhin ang pagpapatayo ng bahay
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The SUN April 2015
Filcom leaders unite to oppose excessive govt fees
natin na pumila maghapon
para makakuha lang ng
OEC.”
Unifil chairperson Dolores
Balladares-Pelaez said that
following the consultation, the
participating leaders agreed to
form a new coalition called No
FEES (Network of OFWs
Opposed to Government Fees)
to push their cause.
She said a total of 91
associations were represented
at the consultation, which was
capped by a series of
recommendations, including
the scrapping of the overseas
employment certificate (OEC)
and the airport terminal fee,
and to lower the cost of
passports.
She said the leaders agreed
to hold a protest action in
May, and a dialogue with
Consulate officials in June.
In the meantime, they will
continue consulting with each
other through social media.
Pelaez said the coalition
welcomes other groups who
may want to join the
discussion.
“Open pa rin tayo sa ibang
grupo na gustong sumali sa
Participants break up into discussion groups to analyze each subject.
usapin,” said Pelaez.
She related that other issues
aside from the government
fees have been raised during
the consultation, including the
hostile treatment reportedly
given to an OFW by a
Consulate staff and the
frequent holidays declared for
the Philippine post.
In time, she said the
coalition will release a
comprehensive
list
of
demands that they will present
to the Consulate, the national
government and relevant
government agencies.
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The Philippine government
earns as much as Php40 billion
a year from fees collected from
overseas Filipino workers.
This was among the
statistics cited by Eman
Villanueva of the United
Filipinos (Unifil)-Migrante
Hong Kong, when he opened
the “National Consultation on
State Exactions” at Li Hall of
St. John’s Cathedral on Mar.
22.
Villanueva said the amount
does not even include US$24
billion that OFWs remit back
home each year, or the EVat
that is imposed each time they
spend
money
in
the
Philippines.
Given such figures, he said
OFWs should ponder the
question: “Tayo ba talaga ang
kumikita, o pinagkakakitaan
tayo?”
Villanueva cited several
examples of excessive or
unnecessary fees collected
from
migrant
workers,
including the authentication
fee of $200 for each contract
or document, which earned for
the Consulate an estimated
$32 million last year alone.
The Philippine Overseas
Labor
Office
(POLO)
reportedly made even more
from each work contract, as it
collects a verification fee of
$85 and nearly $200 for the
compulsory
membership
Overseas Workers Welfare
Administration (OWWA).
Villanueva also said that the
Philippines’ epassport is way
too expensive at $480,
especially when compared to
Indonesia’s charge of $163.
Further, he said that replacing
a lost Philippine passport costs
$1,200
compared
with
Indonesia’s $330.
A one-way travel document
costs to the Philippines cost
$240, while Indonesia’s is
only $39.
He later told The SUN why
it was an opportune time to revisit the government fees
imposedon OFWs.
“Napapanahon na pagusapan ang mga singilin sa
mga OFW dahil recently,
nagkaroon ng usapin tungkol
sa terminal fee, at yung
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The SUN April 2015
Congress to push POEA to crack down on agencies
By Vir B. Lumicao
A congressional committee
that held a public hearing in
Hong Kong on the plight
OFWs here promised to force
the government regulator to
“crack down tightly” on
employment agencies that “run
beyond the bounds of legality”
in collecting illegal fees.
Chairman Walden Bello of
the committee on overseas
workers affairs (COWA) said
the lawmakers are aware that
Philippine
recruitment
agencies are in cahoots with
their Hong Kong counterparts.
“We’ll try our best to
address this problem in the
Philippines… Alam naman
natin na (the Philippine and
Hong Kong agencies) are
working together so, on the
Philippine end, we will try to
find a way to force the POEA
to more tightly crack down,”
Bello said.
Bello said the POEA should
not be soft on the agencies,
knowing that there are
operators with many violations
but are still in business
because they only change
names.
“We want POEA to more
effectively
address
the
problem,” he said during the
forum attended by leaders of
various concerned groups at
the Consulate on March 15.
Bello said Hong Kong
should be pressured to clean
up its job placement industry.
Dito naman sa Hong Kong,
… I think the agencies can run
beyond the bounds of legality
at kailangan siguro na mapressure rin ang Hong Kong
government to act’, Bello said.
Groups helping troubled
domestic
workers
and
providing training for OFWs
took turns with militant
organizations in speaking out
against Hong Kong and
Philippine
government
policies that add to the
workers’ burden.
Bello,
the
Akbayan
Partylist’s outgoing chairman,
said the hearing was a
fulfillment of his pledge in
February to come over and
listen to the complaints of the
community.
He was accompanied by
Continued on Page 27
Above, Walden Bello,
chairman of the House
committee on overseas
workers affairs (COWA),
outlines measures being
readied in Congress fpor thre
benefit opf PFWs.
At left, Cynthia Tellez of the
Mission for Migrant Workers,
shares her vioews oon OFW
concerns.
The SUN April 2015
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Roldan probably guilty, say Congress probers
By Daisy CL Mandap
Guilty most likely. This was
the initial assessment of a
group of Philippine legislators
who visited Hong Kong
recently to look into
allegations of impropriety and
abuse of power against former
labor attaché Manuel Roldan.
The group told a forum with
about 100 Filipino community
leaders on Mar 15 that their
initial reaction to the evidence
presented to them by the
complainants and a factfinding team formed by the
Consulate was that Roldan
was guilty as charged.
But Rep. Walden Bello who
led the team from the House of
Representatives’ committee
on overseas workers affairs
said they would follow due
process, and give Roldan a
chance to air his side.
“Ipa-follow up ho natin ito
because we cannot condone
such acts,” said Bello, who
added that the case will be
pursued with concerned
government agencies like the
Department of Labor and
Employment.
The case against Roldan
centered on four main
allegations:
1. That he misused his
position and authority in
allowing the accreditation of
an employment agency
registered in the name of a
daughter of Donald Retirado,
his driver and a locally-hired
staff of the Department of
Labor and Employment;
2. That he accredited nearly
100 recruitment agencies in
violation of an existing ban,
and possibly as a way to win
favors;
3. That his mismanagement,
poor negotiations and lack of
foresight led to loss of the
Filipino Workers Resource
Center which was provided
free of charge by the Hong
Kong government; and
4. That the Philippine
Overseas Labor Office’s
(POLO) conciliation of money
claims by Filipino workers
which continued during his
term may be illegal and
inefficient
Bello said: “On all four
charges, we in the committee
say na may pagkakamali ang
ating labor attache.”
DOLE reportedly extended
word to the committee in
February that it was also
Department of Foreign Affairs
fof further action, and copies
were furnished to Roldan and
the Coalition of Service
Providers
for
Ethnic
Minorities (CSPEM), which
initiated the complaint.
But it took DOLE several
months to start its own
investigation.
During the congressional
visit, the legislators also met
with Hong Kong labor and
immigration officials.
Bello said his group was
Roldan
investigating the case against
its former top official in Hong
Kong, who has been posted to
an adjunct office in Tacloban,
Leyte since his return to the
Philippines.
The congressional probe
was prompted by a report
released on Sept. 29 by the
Consulate’s
fact-finding
committee which suggested
Roldan may have breached
civil service laws when he
allowed his former driver,
Donald Retirado to operate an
employment agency.
The report also pointed out
that Retirado’s work contract
which was submitted to the
committee as part of its
investigation appeared to have
been tampered with, in an
apparent attempt at a coverup.
Further, that Roldan did
allow
90
additional
employment agencies in Hong
Kong to recruit Filipino
workers, despite his insistence
that the power of accreditation
rests solely with the Philippine
Overseas
Employment
Administration in Manila.
Roldan was also blamed for
the untimely return of the rentfree FWRC to the Hong Kong
government,
and
for
expanding, rather than halting,
the apparently illegal practice
of conciliating the money
claims of OFWs against their
recruiters.
The committee report was
submitted to DOLE and the
assured
by
the
host
government that it was doing
its best to protect the interests
of its migrant community,
including
the
Filipino
domestic workers.
When they mentioned the
recent case of abused
Indonesian domestic worker
Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, the
Hong
Kong
officials
reportedly said it was an
“isolated case”.
But, Bello said, “we were
skeptical”, likening the abuse
of the Indonesian maid to the
“torture” of foreign domestic
workers in Saudi Arabia.
He called on OFWs to be
courageous in exposing any
abuse or injustice they may
have suffered.
“We should always realize
that if we keep pushing for our
rights, they will be given to
us,” he said.
Bello took the chance to say
goodbye, saying it was his last
public hearing as legislator.
He stood down from his post
just days earlier, after
announcing that he had lost his
trust in President Benigno S.
Aquino III who is a political
ally of Akbayan party-list,
which he represents in
Congress.
Bello was joined in his
Hong Kong visit by committee
vice chairman Wes Gatchalian
of Alay Buhay, Gabriela’s
Emmi de Jesus, Ang Nars’
Leah Paquiz, OFW Family’s
Johnny Revilla, and Angelina
Tan of Quezon’s 4th district
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The SUN April 2015
Spike seen in number of pregnant OFWs seeking help
By Vir B. Lumicao
Eleven Filipino women with
their children were among 28
clients who sought assistance
from PathFinders, a nongovernmental organization
helping distressed migrant
mothers and children, in the
first two months of this year.
PathFinders disclosed the
numbers to The SUN saying
the 28 mom-child “families”
that approached the group
represented a 25 percent
increase over the same period
a year ago.
“Of that number, we have 16
families from Indonesia and
11 from the Philippines,” said
Luna Chan, chief operating
officer of PathFinders, citing
statistics culled from the
group’s operations last year, as
well as in January-February
this year.
The 28th family came from a
third country, she said.
Chan said since its founding
in 2007-2008, PathFinders
had helped about 3,000
families.
The group also said last
year, 92 Filipino and
Indonesian women, along with
their children, had overstayed
their visas in the wake of the
mothers’ pregnancy.
But more, or 94 clients,
were eligible to work because
they had visas, it said.
She said the encouraging
news is that “more domestic
workers are approaching us
before they lose their visas.
What normally happens is that
once their employers learn that
they (the helpers) are pregnant
… they unlawfully terminate
the workers,” Chan said.
“The workers would lose
their jobs, lose a place to stay,
don’t know what to do about
visas and they are pregnant
and apply (for jobs), and how
are they going top deal with
these issues within two weeks.
They only have two weeks to
leave (Hong Kong). If they
don’t know that they can make
a claim, or somebody could
tell the immigration about
their situation, and if they are
not able to extend their visa
then, they would overstay and
lose their ability to come back
and work,” she said.
Chan said in 2014, the NGO
had 621 clients with 28
percent of Filipino nationality
and 68 percent Indonesian.
The rest came from Thailand,
India, Bangladesh and other
labor-exporting
Asian
countries.
“If we look at the overall
percentage of nationalities all
these years, it looks like
Indonesians made up 74
percent and Filipinos around
22 percent,” she said.
“If we look at per family and
each family has one at least
mother and one child,
sometimes, two children – the
children’s nationality is
difficult to determine because
it also depends on the
(nationality of the) father,” she
Chan
added.
Pathfinders counts its cases
per family that is represented
by a mother and her children,
Chan said the NGO helped
so the number of individuals 53 Filipino families last year.
each year varies depending on
Using preliminary figures
the size of the family.
and percentages provided
One of the success stories.
earlier by PathFinders The
SUN calculated a doubling in
the cases of pregnant Filipina
workers last year, but Luna
said the
numbers
did
not represent
individual
migrant mothers, but families.
Chan said PathFinders
continues to be approached by
pregnant migrant workers who
were unlawfully sacked after
their employers found out
about their conditions. The
group also looks at whether
these clients had overstayed or
had valid visas.
She said the majority of the
overstaying families were
Indonesians.
“The number of cases
actually grew by 25 percent,
like the number of families we
assisted in 2015. But there are
people who just called and
then we could only provide
information,” Chan said.
The majority of the families
who PathFinders could
provide
one-on-one
counseling increased by 25%,
she
said.
“The
very
encouraging development is
that we had more valid visa
holders approaching us in
2014 than before,” Chan said.
The migrant mothers who
had sought help from
PathFinders over the years
claimed they got pregnant by
their boyfriends or spouses in
the Philippines, employers,
rapists, boyfriends in Hong
Kong, and spontaneous
relationships that led to onenight stands.
Chan said it relied only on
information supplied by the
women, and that usually it
took months to build enough
trust between them and the
clients for them to know the
real story.
“Roughly speaking, most of
the women’s partners are
South Asian like Pakistani,
Bangladeshi, India,” said
Chan, adding that the others
are Africans, Caucasian,
French, and Chinese.
The
Philippine
government’s support for the
Filipina worker is more
sophisticated
and
comprehensive
than
in
Indonesia so, in comparison
with their Indonesia sisters, the
Filipinas “tend to be more
okay”.
Many of the children helped
by PathFinders who were born
in Hong Kong 10 to 15 years
ago were undocumented, so
the group helped them to
report to Immigration so they
could be cognizance paper, a
recognition that they formally
exists.
Jailed mom airs message for OFWs before flying home with baby
By Vir B. Lumicao
Regina (not her real name) and
her Hong Kong-born baby boy
are a few steps closer to flying
home to the Philippines and
ending a traumatic saga in their
lives.
Regina told The SUN she
would leave on Mar 28 if she
could obtain a travel
certificate for her baby from
the Philippine Consulate
before then.
A week earlier, she
managed to secure her baby’s
birth certificate from the
Immigration Department with
help from PathFinders, a nongovernmental organization
that focuses on helping foreign
domestic workers who are
either pregnant, or give birth in
Hong Kong.
“I just got his birth
certificate. The next step is to
apply for his travel document
at the Philippine Consulate,”
Regina said.
A one-way travel document
is issued by the Consulate to
Filipino citizens in lieu of a
passport
in
cases
of
emergency. In Regina’s case,
she needed the travel
document so she could bring
her baby with her when she
returns to the Philippines.
Regina’s real-life drama
unreeled in November last
year when she told her
employer that she was four
months pregnant.
At the time, the 27-year-old
Filipina had been working for
her Chinese employer in Hung
Hom for about nine months. It
was her second job as her first
employer, an Australian,
released her 10 months into
their two-year contract
because the family had to
leave Hong Kong.
Four months into her new
job, Regina returned to her
hometown in Camarines Sur
for a rendezvous with her
Dubai-based common-law
husband. That was when she
got pregnant.
“Initially my Chinese
employer wanted me to
terminate
my
work
contract…because she said it
was illegal to terminate a
pregnant employee in Hong
Kong,” Regina said.
“I asked her if she’d allow
me to work just four more
months because I was
repaying my Php100,000
recruitment fee and she
replied, ‘OK, I will retain you
until the end of January’,” the
maid added.
But that turned out to be a
big lie. On the evening of Nov.
9, the employer took Regina to
the employment agency and
allegedly forced her to sign a
letter
terminating
their
contract after the required onemonth notice. The letter was
said to have been drafted by
the agent.
Two days afterwards, her
employers reportedly told
Regina to stay at home as they
would be the ones to pick up
their three-year-old child from
school.
But at 11am that same day,
the employer’s husband
reportedly returned home and
told Regina that his wife’s
necklace and and ring were
missing. Regina replied she
wasn’t aware of the jewelry,
but the man insisted she search
her room. She brought out her
suitcase and searched through
her clothes but found nothing.
“Then why don’t you check
your handbag?” the man
replied. Regina said she did as
she was told because she was
confident she did not take the
jewelry. However, she was
surprised to find the missing
jewelry from a small pocket in
her bag.
The
male
employer
immediately took her to the
Wanchai police station where
his wife was already waiting.
Regina said she told the
cops that she did not steal the
jewelry, but they did not listen
to her. She also was not
allowed to make calls, so her
family back home was not
aware that she was in trouble.
“They asked me to post a
$500 bail but saw I had only
$200 in my pocket, so they
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The SUN April 2015
Jailed mom airs message for
OFWs before flying home
From Page 10
kept me in custody overnight.
In the morning, they took me
to Kowloon court where
lawyers interviewed me. After
that, I was taken to the Tai
Lam correctional,” she said.
She returned to court on
Dec. 20 where she was asked
to make a plea. Regina
admitted the offence, saying
the Filipinas she met in Tai
Lam had advised her it would
be better to plead guilty if she
wanted to go home and give
birth in the Philippines.
Her duty lawyer also gave
his approval to her plea, even
if he was supposedly aware
that Regina did not really want
to admit guilt.
She was sentenced to two
months in jail and was
immediately returned to jail.
Ten days later, she started
bleeding, and was taken to
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in
Jordan. She delivered her son
the next morning via a
Caesarian section.
On Jan. 2, while still in
hospital, Regina was informed
that she was being released
from custody. She was
discharged from the hospital
three days later.
“I was crying at the time
because I did not know where
to go and I had no money at all
to buy baby clothes. My baby
had no clothes and it was very
cold then,” she recalled,
sobbing.
Holding her infant close to
her because of the cold,
Regina stepped out of the
hospital not knowing where to
go. Luckily, she met some
Filipinas who advised her to
go to the Bethune House
Migrant Women’s Refuge on
Jordan Road just a few blocks
away.
“One of our clients informed
me there was a Filipina mother
sitting on the pavement crying
while breastfeeding her
newborn, so we went out to
fetch the mother and child,”
said Esther C. Bangcawayan
of the Mission for Migrant
Workers who runs the Jordan
Road shelter.
It was only when she felt the
warm
embrace
of
Bangcawayan that Regina was
relieved. She knew then that
she and her baby were in safe
hands.
Asked whether she would
press civil action against the
employer, Regina told The
SUN that all she wanted was to
go back home as soon as
possible. “I just want to return
home with my baby and share
my story so that other OFWs
would learn from my
experience,” she said.
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Treats for Easter blood donors
The Hong Kong Red Cross
Blood Transfusion Service
(BTS) has launched a “Give
and live to the fullest” Easter
Blood Donation Action in
which treats await blood
donors starting April 12.
Those who give blood will
receive a foldable magazine
holder with a blood donation
message printed on it. Easterthemed photo props are also
available at all donation
venues for blood donors to
take pictures with.
The BTS said fewer people
may turn up at donor centres
because of the five-day Easter
holiday period.
Meanwhile, hospitals will
increase their blood reserves
before the long holidays to get
prepared for regular blood
utilization and any sudden
situations with a high blood
demand. The daily blood
collection needs to increase
before the Easter holidays to
ensure a normal blood supply.
The blood inventories have
remained relatively low
recently.
The BTS urges more
members of the public to
respond promptly to its
appeal. A minimum of 1,100
people on average will need to
come forward every day in
meeting the demand through
the coming two weeks. Blood
donors who intend to travel
overseas are asked to donate
before their trips.
Donor centres open during
the Easter period are:
• The Causeway Bay, Kwun
Tong, Mongkok, Shatin,
Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long
Donor Centres will open from
noon to 7pm from April 3 to
April 7;
• The Headquarters Donor
Centre will open from 9am to
5pm on April 4 and April 6.
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The SUN April 2015
Filcom prepares for 117th Independence Day celebration
By Gina N. Ordona
Filipinos in Hong Kong are
again set to showcase the
country’s beautiful songs and
dances as they celebrate the
117th Philippine
Independence Day on Jun 14.
Preparations
for
the
community’s biggest event
were bared for the first time
during a community meeting
at the Consulate on Mar. 29.
Vice
Consul
Fatima
Quintin, who heads the
cultural section, presented the
proposed program ranging
from cultural performances to
street dancing.
There will be a special
participation by the Hong
Kong Police band and
possibly, a presentation by the
Filipino cast members of the
HK Disneyland.
“I am happy that each year,
more and more sectors of the
Filipino community are
joining us,” she said.
Newly posted deputy consul
general Christian de Jesus,
who was introduced to the
community for the first time
by Consul General Bernardita
Catalla, said he is excited to
take part in the celebration.
“Today is the first day that
I’ve met friends from the
Filipino community. And
listening now to the
interactions
with
the
Consulate, I am happy and
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dance.
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Herbs were also very
popular, costing $15 per plant.
Flower and herb seeds were
also going for bargain prices,
like $10 for 3 envelopes.
There were also gemstones
like jade.
The yearly show is
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of
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organizations.
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22. Capizenio President
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Kong Flower Show at Victoria
Park, which ran from Mar. 2029.
As in past years, the
Rizalista group occupied one
of the booths, where Filipino
cultural
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Going by the theme “When
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The display is so huge and
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Apart from the flowers that
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Plant lovers had the time of
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Help take care of
our children, plead
Roxas migrants
The president of the Roxas
Group of Migrants has urged
local officials to help look after
the children they left behind.
Marites Palma made the call
during the second anniversary
celebration of her group on
Mar. 15, with Sangguniang
Bayan chair Michael S.
Panahon and 26 barangay
captains from Roxas, Isabela
as guests.
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OFW children, being reported,
and Roxas would be known as
a child-friendly town.
Responding to the call,
Anao’s barangay captain
Renier de Leon said he would
try his best to keep track of
OFW kids for their migrant
parents’ sake.
Antonio Hui, chairman of
the Association of Barangay
Captains, promised that he
will endorse a municipal
ordinance with SB chair
Panahon that will safeguard
the the welfare of the OFWs
from Roxas, specially in
relation to the children they
left behind.
Panahon for his part said he
would inform Roxas Mayor
Benedict Calderon about the
concerns of his constituents in
Hong Kong, especially
regarding the safety of their
family members.
The event was capped with
Panahon inducting the new
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Marites Palma,
president; Riezel de Leon,
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Camacho, external vice pres;
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Lopez, treas; Glommy de
Leon, auditor; Loida del
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Doctors say early detection
vital to treating breast cancer
By Marites Palma
About 300 Filipino domestic
workers attended a talk on
breast cancer awareness by
four medical experts held on
Mar 15 at the University of
Hong Kong.
The seminar is part of the
series of talks on health and
nutrition spearheaded by Dr.
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Asian Hospital and Medical
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Rock n roll: Father & Son tandem Arnold and Adrian Pineda
will hold a rock & roll concert titled “Let’s Twist Again” with
the Kayumanggi Band this Easter Sunday, Apr 5 at the Orange
Peel Music Lounge at 2/F, 38-44 D’Aguilar Street, Central,
from 3:30-6:00pm. Everyone is invited to come in their 50s &
60s attire. Ticket price of $120 includes 1 drink. The show is
held in cooperation with Kayumanggi Give Love Project, for
the benefit of The Missionary Sisters of Charity. Tickets are
available at the venue.
Roxas migrants’s plea for kids
From Page 14
P.R.O.; coordinators: Jesusa
de leon, Anao; Nerissa Flores
and Lorie Rose Campos,
Simimbaan; Vanessa Muega,
Nuesa; Julie Rodriguez, San
Luis; Winnie Rose Castillo,
Rizal; Catherine Acosta,
Lucban; Mariano Dacusin Jr,
Rang-ayan; Juliet Hernando,
Luna; Madeline Castillo,
Masigun; Daisy Silapan and
Adelaida Garcia, advisers.
Various
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numbers added fun to the
celebration.
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Hong Kong leads region in OVR for January
By Vir B. Lumicao
The
overseas
voting
registration (OVR) in Hong
Kong has reached a new high
in January, when it posted the
highest number of new voters
for the Asia Pacific region.
This was according to Vice
Consul Fatima Quintin, who is
in charge of the OVR for the
2016 presidential elections.
Quintin said the figure is 5%
more than the number of
voters who registered in
December last year.
“We are No. 1 in the AsiaPacific for that month, and we
are happy that our momentum
is continuing,” she said,
adding that for March, the
daily registration at the
Consulate alone was 70-80
people. “With the momentum,
we expect to reach the target
of 20,000” by the Oct. 31
deadline. “It’s possible,”
Folk Dance Showdown: Students of Saint Mary’s University competed in a traditional Filipino
dance contest as part of the requirements of their Physical Education IV (PE4) class. The
students, all pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurial Management (BSEM) degree,
danced in their early 18th century costumes on March 15 at the school’s campus in Sheung
Wan. Group 4 bagged the gold medal with their winning performance of Polka sa Nayon.
Group 1 which performed Manang Biday took silver, while Group 6 with Carinosa settled for
the bronze. The other competitors were Group 2 with Dayang-dayang, Group 3 with Pandanggo
sa Ilaw, and Group 5 with Salakot - Arhlyn Balanay.
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If the target number is
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100,000 mark, although
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these are active voters.
She also said the Consulate
is following up with the
Comelec on the release of
voters’ IDS, after several
registrants said their family
members back home received
notification that their IDs were
ready. “We are now following
up with the Comelec when the
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3rd for Aguila: The Philippine Guardians Brotherhood Inc. (PGBI) Aguila, Hong Kong Chapter
celebrated its 3rd founding anniversary at Club 18 on Lyndhurst Terrace, Central on March 8.
The event was attended by a number a different chapters within PGBI and also from other
factions of the so-called Guardians Brotherhood. Certificates were given to PGBI Aguila
members in between intermission numbers and the lunch buffet. Vice Consul Fatima Guzman
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Mixed results for Fate teams in HK softball league
By Vir B. Lumicao
Fate A, the all-Filipina team in
the Hong Kong women’s
softball league Group A,
jumped to an early lead in its
match against Sieger on March
29, but lost its scoring touch on
several errors to bow to last
year’s champions, 3-11.
The Filipinas’ sister team in
Group B, however, made the
day for team manager Law
Wai-ho when it hammered
local rivals Bruins, 9-0.
The Pinays entered the
diamond at Tin Kwong Field
as the underdogs, since this
was their first time to play
against the young and
powerful ladies’ softball squad
in Hong Kong.
“Stay cool. Don’t get
excited at the bat,” coach
Bernie Cabasal advised the
Filipinas as they played the
home team.
The first inning had hardly
started when the Filipinas
rattled the champions with a
blast to the outfield by Fate
that sent Reyzelyn Villenueva
running home from third base.
Fate held Sieger to nil in the
first two innings as captain
Don Gaborno and her team
worked with precision to limit
the opponents to first base, if
Sieger catcher scavenges a ball missed by Reyzelyn Villanueva.
.
they managed at all to survive
Gaborno’s power pitches.
The writing was on the wall
for Fate when Sieger’s Ng
Wing-sze slammed a fast ball
to the outfield and ran up to
second base when the
outfielder missed the ball.
Ng dashed to the third on
another blast to the outfield by
Ku Ui-yu, but Osabel retrieved
the ball and threw it quickly to
Jesse Duque, who tagged the
Sieger right outfielder on third
base.
Centerfielder Chan Hui-kei
followed with a low, slow ball
to the left outfield that Fate
backstop Ma. Eva Mendez
missed, sending off Ku on a
run home from the first base.
With Mendez chasing the
ball to the fence, Chan
followed Ku home to put the
away team ahead 3-1.
Pitcher Hui Kai-yan then hit
another fast ball that took her
to second base, converting that
to a home run when Lau Janice
Chi-kay hit a low ball to the
left outfield that Lyka Algonez
failed to catch. That lifted
Sieger further to 5-1 at the end
of the third inning.
Cabasal’s squad were now
under pressure to narrow the
Sieger advantage at their turn
on the bat in the fourth inning
as the opponents heated up.
Enduring a sprain on her
right ankle, Joelle Galapin
batted first in the inning with a
powerful strike to the
centerfield that allowed her to
run safely to second base.
Mendez was next to bat, but
a catching error after two
strikes gave her a walk to first
base. Galapin tried to run to
third at the catcher’s fumble
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but was tagged by baseman
Hui Ying-ying.
Gaborno set the stage for a
dual run by Mendez and
herself via a rolling ball to the
leftfield to take the score to 3-5
as the inning closed.
From there it was Sieger’s
game as the Hong Kong ladies
added six more runs in the next
two innings to take the score to
11-3 as they showed the
Filipinas they were a team to
reckon
with
in
the
championships. “It was a good
match, you played well,”
Cabasal told the team at the
dugout after the match. “It was
only because of our errors that
they outscored us.”
From Tin Kwong, the team
proceeded to Shek Kip Mei
for the match of Fate B against
Bruins in the league’s second
division, where Gaborno and
some of her A players were
again scheduled to play for the
undermanned sister team.
The
B
team
made
mincemeat of the opponent
from the first inning, scoring
run after run as they yielded no
ground to the local softbelles
to end the match at 9-0. –Vir
B. Lumicao and Emz P.
Gaborno
Where to watch history’s biggest fight
As the biggest fight in boxing
history approaches, members
of the Filipino community in
Hong Kong are assessing
alternatives to watch Filipino
Manny Pacquiao fight
undefeated Floyd Mayweather
Jr.
The most popular are the
night clubs in Wanchai who
would open on the morning of
May 3 to accommodate the
expected big crowds of boxing
fans.
As early as January, several
Filipino groups have booked
seats in these establishments at
prices ranging from $200 to
$400, including breakfast.
“Based on previous fights,
these places will be fun,
because we will be cheering
with friends. Also those who
would want to bet can do so
with people in the crowd,”
said a regular viewer in these
night clubs.
A small number would be
watching the fight on TV sets
connected to a cable company
that uses satellites to broadcast
its content, among which are
Philipppine
channels
scheduled to air the match.
This, however, is illegal in
Hong Kong.
An even smaller number
would be watching the payper-view brodcast from their
cable providers.
A report by Rappler.com
said watching the fight at the
MGM Grand in Las Vegas
would cost from $1,500 to
$10,000, generating ticket
sales projected at $74 million.
The Associated Press
reported that the PacquiaoMayweather fight is expected
to bring in $500 million in
total revenue, which includes
concessions,
advertising,
foreign TV rights, and payper-view revenue.
Boxing promoter and
businessman Bob Arun of Top
Rank said Mayweather could
earn at least $180 million from
the fight while Pacquiao could
have $120 million.
Walet bags Archie’s 4th league trophy
By Ramon Dizon Jr.
Sikap Tennis March 2015 Tourney Series. Daisy Calizo (2nd
from left) proved that age doesn’t matter when it comes to
being physically fit, when she paired with Letty Abad (3rd from
left) to demolish their opponents Janine Erestain and Myrna
Bentijaba, 6-0, to bag the Ladies Doubles title. They are joined
by Rey Vital ( left) and tourney sponsor, Mary Jean Gaje (right).
Below, winners of Mixed Doubles (below) display their trophies
(from left): Randy Sera-Josef and Mary Jean Gaje, who
beatSally Capiendo and Tony Ramirez III in the finals 6-0.
After 18 months battling the
same number of contenders,
Indonesian team Walet
emerged victorious in Archie’s
4th volleyball league.
The finals on March 22
proved to be the toughest for
the champions after rival
Filipino team Crasherz put up
a strong resistance during their
encounter at Moreton Terrace
in Causeway Bay. Walet won
3 sets against 2 for the
Crasherz.
The champions looked set
for the win after beating its
opponent on the first two
rounds, 25-15 and 25-22
respectively. But Crasherz
showed they could duplicate
the feat by going on to win the
next two sets, 25-22 and 2518. Walet broke the tie with
25-17 to take the crown, and
relegating Crasherz to second
place.
The winners and their supporters.
Earlier, D’Blaze took third
place, while Ahan A took
fourth, and Golpindo, fifth.
Indonesian Arti from Walet
was chosen as most valuable
player, besting 12 other
individual best players.
The best spiker and best
tosser were also Indonesians:
Arsita and Anyer respectively.
The mythical six were
Emma Bangkat, Fhelyn
Manzano, Marnellie Fortin,
Maricel Planado, Lisa (Walet)
and Anik.
The awarding ceremonies,
where numerous trophies and
medals were given away, also
marked the opening of
Archie’s 5th Volleyball
Tournament.
The new league’s muse is
Julie Via of Esors Buds team.
Estrella 1 sported their best
uniform while D’Angels
waved the best banner. JC
Casa was named as most
organized team.
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The SUN April 2015
Aquino seeks understanding on Mamasapano debacle
PHILIPPINE NEWS
Aquino survey rating
drops to record low
No thanks to the botched
January 25 police raid in
Mamasapano, Maguindanao,
President Benigno Aquino
III’s survey ratings had
dropped to an all-time low just
barely one year before the end
of his six-year term.
Polling agency Pulse Asia
released its latest survey,
conducted on March 1 to 7
with 1, 200 respondents,
showing
that
Aquino’s
approval rating fell by 21
percentage points, from 59
percent in November 2014 to
only 38 percent three months
later.
Aquino’s trust rating
dropped by 20 percentage
points, from 56 percent in
November to 36 percent in the
March survey.
Senate President Franklin
Drilon took the top position in
the list, having garnered the
highest trust rating of 44
percent among the top 5
government officials. Vice
President Jejomar Binay came
a close second, with 42
percent trust rating.
Aquino suffered the biggest
drop in approval ratings
among the Philippines’ top
five officials. “Amidst the
various challenges being faced
by his administration at the
present time, appreciation for
and trust in the President ease
during the period November
2014 to March 2015 not only
at the national level (-21 and 20
percentage
points,
respectively) but in all
geographic areas (-18 to -27
percentage points, respectively) and in Classes ABC and
D as well (-24 and -23
percentage points, respectively),” a Pulse Asia statement
on March 26 said.
The survey showed the
approval ratings of Binay
improved to 46 percent from
45 percent last quarter, and
Drilon’s was up by two points
to 49 percent from 47 percent
in November.
The survey was held a
month after Mamasapano,
which resulted in the deaths of
44 policemen, 18 Moro
Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF) fighters and five
civilians.
Next to Aquino to suffer a
big drop in the ratings was
House Speaker Feliciano
Belmonte Jr. who saw a sevenpoint fall in approval rating
from 34 percent in November
last year to 27 percent in
March. Chief Justice Maria
Lourdes Sereno’s approval
rating also fell from 37 percent
in November last year to 29
percent in March.
Aquino also received the
highest increase in disapproval
rating from 11 percent in
November 2014 to 23 percent
in March. Binay’s disapproval
ratings remained at 23 percent
while that of Drilon was down
by one point to 12 percent in
March, Belmonte was up by
one and Sereno was up by five.
Without apologizing for the
January 25 botched police
operation in Mamasapano,
Maguindanao, President
Benigno Aquino III appealed
for public understanding on
March
26
over
his
shortcomings in the mission
that left 44 members of the
Special Action Force (SAF),
18 Muslim rebels and five
civilians dead.
Nevertheless, the President,
speaking at the 36th Philippine
National
Police
(PNP)
Academy commencement
exercises in Silang, Cavite,
reiterated that he was taking
responsibility for the death of
the members of the elite police
force.
Speaking in Filipino, the
President asserted that he was
misinformed
about
the
operation
to
arrest
international terrorists Zulkifli
bin Hir, alias Marwan, and
Abdul Basit Usman. Marwan
was killed but Usman
managed to escape.
Aquino said he will not let
government forces join a
"suicide mission," but he
reiterated that he was
convinced by police officials
President Benigno S. Aquino III expresses his views during the dialogue with the lower class
cadets at Camp General Mariano Castañeda in Silang, Cavite after the 36th Philippine
National Police Academy Commencement Exercises on March 26.
that
the
Mamasapano
operation will go well
according to plan.
According to him, the text
messages he received on the
morning that the operation was
carried out did not have a
sense of urgency, thus
prevented
him
from
responding to the situation on
the ground.
Attaché Felicitas Bay of the
Philippine Overseas Labor
Office (POLO) said there was
an increase in the demand for
OFWs in the manufacturing
sector after the country
captured 13.98 percent of the
allotted quota for new
entrants.
“If we go by the total
number, there was an increase
in demand for OFWs. Last
year, the quota for the
Philippines was at 12.71
possible mistakes in the
Mamasapano operation and
passing all the blame to
relieved SAF commander
Getulio Napeñas.
The Senate committee that
investigated the Mamasapano
incident said in its report that
Aquino
is
"ultimately
responsible" for the outcome
of the SAF mission.
Back to manual vote count in 2016?
The Philippines may yet go
back to manual vote-counting
in the 2016 national and local
elections if the repair and
testing of the Precinct Count
Optical
Scan
(PCOS)
machines used in the 2010 and
2013
elections
are
jeopardized, according to
Commission on Elections
(Comelec) spokesperson
James Jimenez.
The Supreme Court issued a
Temporary Restraining Order
(TRO) to stop a P269-million
contract that the Comelec had
negotiated with Smartmatic-
Total
Information
Management (TIM) Corp. for
the diagnostics, repair and
refurbishment of the 80,000
PCOS machines to be used in
the 2016 elections.
“The manual election
remains in the realm of
possibility, in the sense that
everything is possible,”
Jimenez said.
“There are a lot of possible
scenarios; that’s why we’re
holding an emergency meeting
to firm up plans A to Z,” he
added.
Jimenez clarified though
South Korea needs 4,600 factory workers
South Korea has opened 4,600
job opportunities for Filipinos
in its manufacturing sector this
year under the Employment
Permit System (EPS), the
Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE) said on
March 25.
South Korea's Ministry of
Employment and Labor
(MOEL) raised the ceiling for
new Filipino workers in the
manufacturing sector from
4,400 to 4,600 for 2015. Labor
"Ang magagawa ko na
lamang, matapos masabi ang
lahat ng dapat sabihin at
magawa ng lahat ng dapat
gawin, humingi po ng pangunawa," Aquino said. "Buong
pagpapakumbaba
kong
hinihiling ang inyong pagunawa," he added.
Aquino has been criticized
for not acknowledging his
percent. In 2013, out of the
42,600 quota, we were given a
total of 4,400 slots, or at 9.86
percent of the workforce
allowed in the manufacturing
industry,” she said.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda
Baldoz said the Philippines'
good standing in the EPS was
partly due to a decrease in the
number of undocumented
Filipino workers in South
Korea. The number went
down by seven percent in
2014, from 6,548 to 6,005 in
2013.
Meanwhile, the total of
Filipino workers under the
EPS system rose from 20,632
in 2013 to 23,948 last year.
South Korea set this year's
overall foreign workers quota
in the manufacturing sector at
42,000. Of this number,
32,890 are apportioned for
new entrants, while 9,510 are
allocated for returning foreign
workers.
that while manual voting is a
possibility, the probability of
returning to it is low.
“The
Comelec
is
determined not to backslide to
manual. We will do everything
possible, all that is legal and
all that we can for manual
elections not to happen,”
Jimenez said.
Before considering to return
to manual counting, Jimenez
said the Comelec would
explore other possibilities
such as tapping internal
resources to refurbishing the
old voting machines.
“I believe that we have
technical competence to do it.
That’s something we can
include in the planning
moving forward,” he said.
Election watchdog groups
have petitioned the Supreme
Court to invalidate the
contract between the Comelec
and Smartmatic-TIM basically
because it did not go through
the required public bidding
and that it was deemed as a
midnight deal because it was
signed just a couple of days
before the retirement last
February
of
Comelec
chairman Sixto Brillantes and
Commissioners
Lucenito
Tagle and Elias Yusoph.
Jimenez said that the Comelec
was avoiding public bidding. “We
will just be returning to the
uncertainty that we have been
trying to avoid from the
beginning. If we give in to those
that we are not sure about, we will
be taking a huge risk with the
2016 elections. Again, that might
not be the most viable position for
Comelec,” he said.
The Comelec en banc had
decided to forego a public bidding
and
directly
contracted
Smartmatic-TIM for the PCOS
refurbishing project, believing
that it had the sole capability to
repair the PCOS machines.
Jimenez reiterated the
Comelec’s call for the high
court to immediately resolve
the case questioning the PCOS
refurbishing project on which
the TRO was issued.
“As far as the Comelec is
concerned, we will be
preparing our alternatives now
for all scenarios but at the
same time, we will pursue the
act of lifting the TRO
immediately,” he said.
The SUN April 2015
2014 bar exams: lower passing
rate, fewer passers
Magalang of the University of
the Philippines placed third
with 84.6.
San Beda, Ateneo and UP
all had three examinees in the
Top 10, while De La Salle
University, University of
Cebu, Far Eastern University
had one each. Three law
graduates shared the fourth
place while two tied on the 8th
place.
The passing grade for the
2014 Bar exams was lowered
from 75 to 73 percent, but the
passing rate was lower than the
Lawyer Michael G. Aguinaldo, previous year’s.
a deputy executive secretary
Supreme Court Associate
for legal affairs, has been Justice Diosdado Peralta,
named as the new chairman of chair of the 2015 Bar exams,
the Commission on Audit announced on March 26 the
(COA).
results of the 2014 Bar exams
Aguinaldo, who will serve that had a passing rate of 18.82
as COA chairman until percent.
February 2, 2022, takes the
The 2013 Bar exams had a
helm of the state audit agency passing rate of 22.18 percent,
from Grace Pulido-Tan who with 1,174 out of 5,593
retired in February. Pulido- examinees who passed.
Tan served the remaining
It was the third time that the
three years of the term of her SC en banc decided to lower
predecessor Reynaldo Villar, the passing grade, the first one
who resigned from the post.
was in 2012 with 70 percent,
Aguinaldo is the eight and 2013 with 73 percent.
chairman of the COA since
1986. COA is an independent
and autonomous government
body whose mandate is to
make sure that public funds While the Catholic Church
are used properly and in frowns upon all forms of
accordance with the law. Its gambling, a priest in Quezon
reports and recommendations City does not mind having a
are important in ensuring makeshift confessional box
budget accountability and close to a lotto ticket outlet or
curbing corruption, which is an off-track betting station.
Fr. Emmanuel del Rosario
why the institution and its
of
the Resurrection of Our
heads at times find themselves
Lord
Parish in Barangay
opposite other public officials
Paltok
said putting up
in court.
temporary
confessional boxes
President Benigno Aquino
on
the
streets
is in line with the
III sent a letter to the
call
of
Pope
Francis
to make
Commission on Appointments
confession
a
priority.
on March 24 asking for the
The priest, fondly called Fr.
Aguinaldo’s
“early
Pong
by parishioners, said he
confirmation”.
of
decided
to hold “street
appointment.
confession”
after observing
Prior to his appointment at
that
many
people in the
COA, Aguinaldo was a deputy
barangay
have
become mere
for legal affairs of Executive
spectators
in
liturgies
and
Secretary Paquito Ochoa since
other
church-related
activities.
May 2011. Before that, he was
He noted that confession
a member of the executive
was
not a priority and that all
committee of the Romulo
sorts
of excuses are made for
Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc
not
going
to confession at all.
& de los Angeles law firm
“I
said
to myself that if I
(1994-2011), and a professor
would
sit
near tricycle
at the Ateneo de Manila
terminals,
stores,
or even
University School of Law
outside
an
OTB
(off-track
(since 1994).
Irene Mae B. Alcobilla, a
student of San Beda College,
scored a grade of 85.5 to top
1,126 law graduates who
passed the 2014 Bar exams.
Christian A. Drilon of
Ateneo de Manila University
came in second with a grade of
85.45.
Sandra Mae T.
Palace lawyer
is new COA
chair
The Bar exams covered
eight subjects: Political Law
and Public International Law,
Labor and Social Legislation,
Civil
Law,
Taxation,
Mercantile Law, Criminal
Law, Remedial law and Legal
Ethics and Practical Exercises.
The 2014 Bar exams were
conducted on all Sundays of
October.
Of the 6,344 initial
examinees, only 5,984 were
able to finish until the last day.
Here’s the Top 10 list:
1st: Irene Mae B. Alcobilla San Beda College - Manila 85.5
2nd: Christian A. Drilon Ateneo de Manila University 85.45
3rd: Sandra Mae T.
Magalang - UP - 84.6
4th: Mark Leo P. Bejemino
- UP - 84.55
Gil E. Garcia - Ateneo de
Davao - 84.55
Reginald L. Laco - De La
Salle Lipa - 84.55
5th: Michelle D. Liao University of Cebu - 84.5
6th: Jose Angelo A. David San Beda College - Manila -
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AMAZING WALK 2: The Peak Circle Hike for Bethune
Apr 7, (Easter Monday), from 9am
Organizer: The Sun Writers Club for the benefit of Bethune
House Migrant Women’s Refuge
Assembly point: Lugard Road entrance beside Peak Tower.
Walk will commence at Lugard Road and go on to Harlech
Road around the Peak, which will take around 45 minutes.
A donation of $50 from each participant is requested. TSWC
will provide free bottles of water for all hikers.
Inquiries: Jo - 90109273, Gina-54332081, Cris-51386090,
Mon-90463050, Marites - 91350760 or Liezel - 93415216
The topnotcher: Irene Mae B.
Alcobilla, who hails from
Antique.
84.45
7th: Adrian F. Aumentado
San Beda College - Manila 84.35
8th:
Rhey David S.
Daway - UP - 84.2
Fideliz Cardellie B. Diaz FEU-DLSU - 84.2
9th: Jamie Liz F. Yu - UP 84.00
10th: Tristan Matthew T.
Delgado - Ateneo de Manila
University - 83.95
Peralta said the passers will
take their oath on April 24, 3
p.m. at the Philippine
International
Convention
Center (PICC).
Street confessions on Holy Week
‘Let’s Twist Again’: Rock & roll for charity
Apr 5 (Easter Sunday), 3:30pm-6:00pm, Orange Peel Music
Lounge at 2/F, 38-44 D’Aguilar Street, Central
Featuring father and son Arnold and Adrian Pineda with the
KAYUMANGGI Band. Everyone is invited to come in their
50s & 60s attire. Ticket price of $120 includes 1 drink.
The show is held in cooperation with Kayumanggi Give Love
Project, for the benefit of The Missionary Sisters of Charity.
Tickets are available at the venue
Sports Fest
Apr 5, 10 am onwards, Repulse Bay Beach
Organizer: Ifugao Association
Sports Fest on April 5 from 10 am on wards at Repulse Bay.
Contact: Britney Alcayna, 51061781.
Spring Get-Together
Apr 18 (Saturday), 2pm-5pm, Repulse Bay Beach
Organizer: UP Alumni Association HK Chapter
All alumni, along with friends and family, are invited for an
afternoon of fun, food and games
Only $50 contribution per attendee.
Contact any of the UPAA Board Members - Jeko, Satur,
Rawnna, Aaron, Pats and Euvi.
Seminar on Health and Nutrition: Menopause
Apr 12, 4:30-6:00pm
College Hall, Jockey Club Student Village III, HKU
Organized by HKU Pinoy Project with PCG’s support
Trichotomy: A 3-man art exhibit
Opening cocktails: May 12, 7pm. Exhibit runs from May 1314, during office hours, Philippine Consulate General
Organizer: Pintura Circle in cooperation with the Philippine
Consulate. Featured artists: Ram Mallari, Francis Nacion and
Gerrico Blanco. Proceeds to go partly to Anakkatira, a
member agency of the Cebu City Task Force on Street
Children. Contact: [email protected] or call
97724035
Fr. Emmanuel del Rosario of the Resurrection of Our Lord
Parish in Quezon City hears confessions in a a makeshift
confessional box.(CBCP Photo)
betting) and lotto outlets, then
perhaps
it
would
be
convenient for many to
confess,” del Rosario said in a
post on CBCP (Catholic
Bishops Conference of the
Philippines) News website.
“My motivation is to make
the beautiful and healing
sacrament of reconciliation
visible to many,” he said.
Del Rosario said he always
carries with him a portable
kneeler with a screen but a
penitent has the option of
either confessing face-face or
behind a screen.
Those who avail themselves
of the sacrament vary from
street vendors, students and
elderly people with some
admitting that their last
confessions were several
decades ago.
Rambulan sa Beach
July 11, 2pm. Repulse Bay Beach
All Hong Kong-based alumni from the Philippines’ top
universities – University of the Philippines, De La Salle
University Ateneo de Manila University and University of
Santo Tomas, converge for a half-day of fun and competition
Contact persons for respective schools: Ateneo de Manila
University – Hong Kong Alumni: Honey Cortes at
[email protected];
Raissa Lacson-Yu at
[email protected]; De La Salle Alumni Association
Hong Kong Chapter: Cathy Yang at [email protected];
University of the Philippine Alumni Association Hong Kong
Chapter: Jeko Abila at [email protected]; University of
Santo Tomas Hong Kong Alumni: Jan Yumul at
[email protected] or Ben Bernardez at
[email protected]
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The SUN April 2015
Habol papel
Nitong mga nakaraang linggo
ay nasaksihan natin ang ilan sa
pinakamahahabang pila sa
Konsulado. Ito ay dahil
dumagsa ang mga taong
kumukuha ng OEC, ang
Overseas
Employment
Certificate, dahil sa sunudsunod na piyesta opisyal. At
dahil sa dami ng tao,
mayroong pumila mula alas
otso ng umaga hanggang alas
sais at nagtiis ng gutom at
ginaw upang makuha lang ang
isang papel na nagpapakitang
sila nga ay OFW.
Ang tawag sa kanila ng
gubyerno natin ay Balik
Manggagawa (BM). Iba’t
ibang proyekto ang inihanda
para sa kanila, gaya ng
pagkuha nito sa pamamagitan
ng internet, at pagbubukas ng
mas marami pang opisinang
nagbibigay nito sa probinsiya
at sa mga mall. Habang
ipinagsasabi ng gubyerno na
ang lahat ng ito ay
pagpapaganda ng serbisyo sa
kanila, ang dating nito sa mga
OFW ay pahirap lamang na
walang katuturan.
Halimbawa, sa BM Online,
ang pag-apply lang ng OEC
ang magagawa mo sa internet.
Pipila ka pa rin sa opisinang
kunukuhaan ng OEC upang
magbayad at makuha ang
OEC mismo, dahil malamang
ay wala ka sa kanilang
database. I-check mo, Katribo,
kung totoo nga ang sinasabi
nilang nakakatulong ito sa iyo:
https://www.bmonline.ph/.
Ni Ate Kulit
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serbisyo sa mga probinsiya?
May isa kaming kaibigan na
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na hindi muna nakakakuha ng
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Kung hindi pa siya tumawag
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may kakilala kaming opisyal
ng DOLE sa Davao, ay hindi
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Marami ang dumaranas ng
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isang papel na magpapakita sa
mga humaharang sa airport, na
ikaw nga ay OFW na pabalik
sa iyong trabaho, at libre sa
travel tax at airport terminal
fee.
Isang papel na kung iisipin
mo ay hindi na kailangan.
Kung OFW ka, mayroon
kang visa sa iyong pasaporte
na nagpapatunay nito. Kung
ikaw ay nagtatrabaho sa Hong
Kong, mayroon ka ring ID.
May iba pang papeles, gaya ng
kontrata at company ID, na
magpa-patunay na isa kang
OFW. Bakit kailangan pa ng
OEC?
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Scrap the OEC
It was one of the scariest
experiences ever. Imagine
being squeezed into a lift, and
then realizing when you get to
your desired floor that every
square inch of the space you
were supposed to step out on
was crammed-full of people?
That was exactly what
happened when a number of
us braved the queues that
snaked
around
United
Centre’s ground floor lift
lobby on Mar. 15 to make it in
time for our appointment at
the Consulate on the 14th floor.
At 8:15 am, the tail-end of
the queue could no longer be
seen from the lift doors. But
we thanked our lucky stars
when we were allowed to get
to the front of the line so we
could be in time for our
meeting.
Being squeezed tight in an
elevator
was
nothing
compared to the more
horrifying experience of
seeing, as the lift doors
opened, that a wall of people
was blocking your way.
“Get back in!” some of the
people shouted, but the ones
behind you would not be
denied the right to finally take
their place in that sea of
humanity, and so pushed you
forward while the ones in front
tried to move you all back into
the lift.
Not even when we were
walking among the throngs of
people at the height of the
Occupy protest did we feel
such a sense of panic. In a
flash, one realized that all it
took was for someone to shout
a wrong word, or collapse
from exhaustion or sheer panic
like ours, and a stampede
could ensue.
Luckily, the worst-case
scenario did not happen. But
one shudders to think how
close we all were to being hurt,
or even crushed to death at that
time.
But the ones in the queue
were the real unlucky ones.
Tired and hungry, they had no
choice but to stay put even
during their only rest day in the
week just so they could get the
piece of paper that would
ensure their hassle-free return
to Hong Kong.
Many went without lunch,
but with the fortitude that often
comes with taking on
backbreaking work, hardly
anyone complained.
All this for what? So our
workers could secure a $20worth of document that our
government has been insisting
they must have so they could
Quenched
There is this feeling where you
want to do something, in which
you keep saying you will do it
BUT never actually find the
time to do it. I have – HAD –
this feeling and finally it’s off
my list.
Here’s the deal: I’ve been
living in Hong Kong for 11
years and in this course of
time, despite the advancement
of technology i.e. having the
Internet as basically the new
form of encyclopedia, I did not
really try to learn more about
Philippine history even if I
wanted to/needed to because
of feeling ashamed of not
knowing more.
Anyway, an event transpired
today
where
history
enthusiasts – specifically those
who have an extreme
fascination with the national
hero of the Philippines who is
D. Jose P. Rizal – conducted a
walking tour that went through
places that had some historic
connection to Rizal’s brief
stay in Hong Kong. The tour
ignited my interest in knowing
about our history again.
What I experienced today
were so new that I felt like a
small kid learning about the
world once again. The only
difference is that I got into this
out of interest, and now feel so
enriched that I keep wanting to
have more.
To say that the tour was
amazing is an understatement.
Sadly, there were not a lot of
participants despite the
insistent attempt to reach out
to Filipino youths, which was
the main target of Section Juan
– the organizer of the event.
I wish that the Filipinos in
Hong Kong, especially the
youngsters, can find it in them
the thirst to know more about
our country and its past, to
know more about our culture
and not just what’s on the
surface.
It’ll be a great shame if we
could not pass on what we
know of our history to future
generations. We have the
resources and the chance to
visit actual places where
history happened, but many
are taking these for granted.
EDITOR’S
NOTE
By Daisy Catherine L. Mandap
return to their work abroad
unimpeded.
It boggles the mind why an
OEC is needed when the
worker already has her
employment visa stamped on
her passport, and could also
produce a work contract and a
HKID should they be deemed
necessary.
What special qualification
do the harried staff at the
Consulate possess that airport
personnel do not have, in
determining whether an OFW
is entitled to the all-important
certificate?
It could only be the money.
With tens of thousands of
OFWs returning home each
day, the OEC, even at a mere
$25 or Php100 each, is making
oodles of money for the
government.
To add salt to injury, we
now see the source of this gold
mine – the OFW – being made
to go through a wringer just to
get this superfluous piece of
paper.
As we Filipinos would say,
“Pinagkakakitaan na nga,
pinapahirapan pa.”
For this, we partly blame
newbie labor officials at the
Consulate who in a fit of
recklessness, moved the
Saturday processing of the
OEC from the relatively
pleasant surroundings of the
Bayanihan Centre to the
suffocating confines of United
Centre.
We also blame our labor
officials in Manila for failing
to make a promised OEC
online application system
work so our OFWs could have
been spared the indignity and
agony of standing in line for
hours just so they could be
squeezed for more money.
But mostly, we blame our
government for not giving our
OFWs the importance that
they deserve.
It is because of our workers’
suffering that many children
are better fed and kept in
school where they get a crack
at having a better life. It is
mainly through our OFWs’
sacrifices that our economy
has remained afloat. They
should be taken care of, not
squeezed.
So, enough, we say. Scrap
the OEC now.
MIGRANTS’ FORUM
By Janina Celine Vitto
Celine has been residing
in Hong Kong for 12
years and is currently
studying at the Hong
Kong Institute of
Education, majoring in
English education. She
spends her spare time
singing, playing the
guitar, surfing the net
and reading. She wrote
the following blog post
after joining her fellow
members in the Filipino
youth group, Section
Juan, in a Philippine
history tour in Hong
Kong organized by
Lakbay Dangal. We reprint it in hopes other young
Filipinos in Hong Kong would share her desire to learn
more about her culture and heritage- Ed
The tour made me realize
that something needs to be
done because learning about
the past is enriching and never
boring. I hope that the youths
in Hong Kong, and not just the
Filipinos, would be more
interested in learning about
what the city has to offer so
they can better appreciate the
richness that’s all around
them.
The SUN April 2015
Separate Business
from your Personal
Happy Easter to all SUN
readers!
I want to share what Mr. LJ
wrote:
I own and manage a
manpower company. It is a
small company and all the
loans of the company are all
under my name. I don’t have a
fixed salary, so I just get
whatever I need for my family
and myself from the company
which also includes my home
loan, car loan, insurances etc.
The company has experienced
financial difficulties since last
year when we got suspended
from our major client. More
than 50% of my manpower is
deployed in that major client.
I lost 75% of the contractual
employees with that client. In
short, I currently have more
liabilities (loans and payables)
than my income and assets.
So far, I’m able to manage
my cash flow and pay my
loans by using other loans.
But thinking ahead of the
worst case scenario, I decided
to get myself back to the
corporate world as an
employee so that I do not have
to get a salary from my
company. Fortunately, a
company offered me a job.
The package offer is not
enough to cover my monthly
expenses; meaning I still have
to get something from my
company/business. I also
started a tour business as a
backup plan business to at
least help the company from
its financial burden. But of
course, it does not bring that
much income for now. I’m
just hopeful we can be
reinstated back by our major
client or get a new client. In
the event that my company
gets back on track and begin
redeploying more employees,
I’ll need extra cash to shoulder
the first payroll of these new
employees. That’s how a
manpower agency works; we
pay our employees before we
can bill our client(s).
I’m thinking of another long
term
(personal/business)
investment - pre-selling A 2bedroom condo unit worth
P1.9M
with
a
10%
downpayment (P8k+/month)
payable in 21months until its
turnover; 90% balance shall be
under bank loan of 7.5% per
annum (P17k/month for
15years). After 21 months
time, I can use the condo to
live there, have it rented out
for more than the monthly
ammortization or sell it at a
higher price. I might use this
as my second home, a place
where I can live.
My question is, do you think
I should invest in this or not? I
don’t know if it is the right
thing to do because of my
current financial situation. Is
it a right move to invest and
take advantage of the promo/
sale since I may be needing in
the future a place where I can
live; or have it rented out so
that the rental could take care
of the monthly ammortization;
or sell it at a higher price in the
future?
Lastly, what is your advise
on our business? Manpower
industry is saturated and we
are all aware that DOLE has so
many rules. Also, agency fees
in manpower industry are not
that high. Payment terms could
also be unfavourable to us and
that is usually our major
concern. We have to pay our
employees on time but our
clients have the luxury of time
as to when they want to pay us.
I ought to shift to a different
business, but all our money is
PERA MO,
PALAGUIN MO!
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ng tatlong librong pare-parehong bestseller:
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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, 026314446
tied up to this one. Neither the
company nor I is liquid.
I look forward to your
response and advise regarding
this matter. Thank you very
much.
My Reply:
While we try to answer all
emails, we try to advise when
we have the know-how.
However, we are sure you
understand
that
more
complicated cases like yours
would really require a more in
depth study of your personal
situation and perhaps even a
separate financial consultation
arrangement. What is clear
now is that your business has
put you in debt and you have
had to take on a job which
doesnt even pay enough to
cover your expenses. You are
relying on loans plus a new
tour-related one to provide
you the additional income to
cover your cash deficits.
Have you made your SAL
and PIES, your projections
and your Personal Financial
Plan? It is only from this that
any advice can be given.
Perhaps, you are even able to
answer your own questions
when you analyze these.
It seems you are still hoping
you can regain your lost
manpower contract to solve
your financial problems. Yet,
even without this happening,
you already want to speculate
in real estate. The purchase of
real estate without any real
purpose is really a “gamble.”
If you need it as your
permanent resident, you need
to analyze if you can truly
afford it. Renting it out is just
a goal. It is not a certainty and
thus cannot be relied on.
Besides, in buying at preselling stage, you are really
taking on a performance risk
by the developer. He may or
may not complete the unit in
time and with the quality he is
promising. The value of the
condo could increase but it
could also decrease. The
basic consideration here is
whether you can or cannot
afford to speculate given that
your present cash flow is not
even sufficient for your
present needs.
One of the major principles
that you have not been
following is to separate your
business from your personal
financials. You should have
been paying yourself a fixed
salary to precisely establish
what your company is really
worth. Of course, you can
keep your loans and other
expenses in the name of your
company for “tax purposes” if
the items are really used in
your business. Then you
should have been effectively
“Paying Yourself First.” from
the fixed salary you should
have regularly received.
Having put all your money
OFWs in Canada
face uncertain
future over twin
policy changes
By Daisy CL Mandap
and Evelyn Tubongbanua in
Ottawa
Two new government policies
could see thousands of
Filipino workers in Canada
heading back home starting
Apr. 1.
The first, and more
sweeping one, is the overhaul
of the Temporary Foreign
Worker Program (TFWP).
Following this change, nearly
4,000 Filipinos who entered
Canada in 2011 under the
program will have to leave
over the next 12 months when
their contracts are expired
under the new government
policy.
More face deportation in the
next two years, as their
contracts reach the new fouryear limit of stay.
The
second
is
the
amendment of the Live-In
Caregiver Program, which
removes the requirement that
the workers live with the
employer, but restricts their
entry and applications for
permanent residency to two
“new pathways”.
Under the amended TFWP,
all temporary workers who
have been working in Canada
for four years or more will
have to leave. That means they
will not be granted another
Some of the Temporary Foreign Workers are employed in coffee
shops such as those operated by Tim Horton’s.
work permit for an additional
four years, no matter how hard
or well they have worked, or
how anxious their employers
are to retain them.
The Canadian government
said the reform was in
response to reports of abuse of
the TFWP, particularly in the
food and restaurant industry.
But the changes will affect all
employers under the program
Canadian
immigration
records show that in 2011, a
total of 3,679 Filipinos were
admitted across the country
under the scheme, working
mostly in the agricultural and
fishing industries. The number
rose to 6,297 in 2012; and
6,994 in 2013. This means that
the same number will be
heading home each year,
unless they are given reprieve
through another amendment in
the law, or they win support
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into the business means that
you did not follow another
major principle of spreading
your risks. We are not
familiar with the manpower
business. Perhaps, you should
make
your
financial
projections
using
the
principles above plus what you
might have picked up from our
publications. We always
advise to focus on the risk and
not on the gains. It seems your
manpower business has so
many contingencies you
should have covered, e.g.
collection issues, service
performance levels (why were
you delisted as an accredited
service provide by your
client?), overdependence on a
single client etc.
Maybe, you can join one of
our seminars if you feel you
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for permanent residency from
their state government
“April 1 is literally around
the corner and what I see here
is tragedy”, Aimee Beboso
told The SUN in an interview.
Beboso is the chairperson of
Pilipinong Migrante sa
Canada (PMSC) and vicechairperson of Migrante
Canada.
She said that with one swift
policy change in the TFWP, a
change that was made without
a thorough and transparent
consultation with the workers,
the Canadian government has
put the future of thousands of
workers and their families in
doubt.
More recent were the
changes made by the
Citizenship and Immigration
Canada (CIC) to the Live-in
Caregiver Program (LCP).
The new policy is meant to
address
concerns
that
Canadians are losing jobs to
foreign workers, while at the
same time provide better
protection to caregivers by
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The SUN April 2015
Teritoryo nila
ang Southorn
Playground
Ni Marites Palma
Ang Southorn Playground na
matatagpuan sa Wanchai ay
kilala bilang sentro ng
libangan simula pa noong mga
1970s. Iba-ibang lahi at edad
ang pumupunta dito para
magpalipas ng oras. Sa isang
banda ay may isang grupo ng
mga senior citizen na dito
ginugugol ang maghapon sa
paglalaro ng Chinese chess.
Ang mga kabataan naman ay
madalas na naglalaro ng
football at basketball.
Kilala ang Southorn bilang
isa sa pinakasikat na palaruan
ng basketball sa Hong Kong.
Sa katunayan, dito idinadaos
ng taunang Adidas street ball
challenge na talaga namang
dinudumog ng maraming tao
na mahilig sa larong ito.
Bagamat may naliligaw na
protesta dito paminsanminsan, ang Southorn ay
sadyang
itinalaga
ng
pamahalaan para sa mga
palabas na may kinalaman sa
kultura, at tagpuan para sa mga
usaping bayan.
Kabilang ang mga Pilipino
sa mga madalas dumayo dito
para maglaro ng basketball,
lalo na sa gabi at tuwing araw
ng Linggo. Ang mga grupong
madalas masilayan dito ay ang
Filipino
Basketball
Association,
Filipino
Basketball League, at ang
kanilang mga taga suporta,
mapa babae man o lalaki. Dito
na sila nagpapalipas ng buong
araw kasama ang mga
manlalaro ng mga koponang
nagtutunggali.
Ayon kay Jojo de Castro, na
isa sa mga regular na
tumatambay sa Southorn, dito
na sila nagdadaos ng mga
paliga dahil wala silang
binabayaran para sa paggamit
ng mga pasilidad, mayroong
mga malilinis na palikuran, at
higit sa lahat, ay malapit sa
maraming mga kainan. Ang
nagiging problema lamang
daw nila minsan ay kung
biglang sumama ang panahon
dahil naantala ang kanilang
laro at paliga. Katulad ng
karamihan sa mga palaruan sa
Hong Kong, walang silungan
dito kaya hindi pwedeng
maglaro kapag umulan.
Si Edivoi Ciscar ng Tribo
Viscayanos ay malaki din ang
pasasalamat sa gobyerno ng
Hong Kong dahil libre ang
paglalaro dito. Malaki-laki din
daw ang naidadagdag sa
perang naiipon nila tuwing sila
ay may paliga dahil dito. Sa
katunayan ay nakadalawang
paliga na sila, at ang perang
naipon nila ay inilalaan nila sa
mga mababang paaralan na
malayo sa kabihasnan sa
buong probinsya ng Nueva
Viscaya. Nakapamahagi din
sila ng generator sa mga
paaralang hindi naabot ng
kuryente, at pati mga electric
fan at sound system. Ang lahat
ng ito ay dahil nakakuha sila
ng lugar na pwedeng
pagdausan ng kanilang palaro
nang walang binabayad. Dahil
na rin sa regular nilang paliga
ay nakagawian na nilang
gugulin ang kanilang Linggo
dito, kasama ang mga
miyembro ng Taga Nueva
Viscaya Kami Association.
Nakikipagsabayan din dito
ang mga kababaihang mahilig
sa basketball tulad ng grupong
Sluggers at iba pang koponan
na paminsan-minsan ding
nagtutunggali dito. Pero ang
karamihan
sa
mga
kababaihang regular na
makikita dito ay iyong mga
tinatawag na “basketball
fanatics” katulad ng Manics
Group of Iloilo. Ayon kay
Maria Nita Libuna na kabilang
sa grupo, masugid silang
tagasuporta ng Iloilo Warriors.
Selfie dito, selfie doon.
Mas exciting kung may laro.
Kaya daw wiling-wili silang
magpunta
dito
ay
nakakapanood sila ng mga
matitipunong
lalaki
na
magaling
maglaro
ng
basketball. Nagbabaon na sila
ng pagkain at inumin para
wala silang mapalampas na
laro. Hindi daw kumpleto ang
kanilang day off kung hindi
sila makapanood ng laro.
Ang mga grupo namang
nakaupo sa kaliwang bahagi
ng playground ay kadalasang
nagtitipon
dito
para
magkainan at mag-inuman.
Dito na sila naghahanda kung
may mga kasamahang may
kaarawan. Malaking ginhawa
daw ito dahil maluwang ang
lugar at maraming mga upuan
na may bubong, kaya kahit
masama ang panahon ay tuloy
pa rin ang kanilang kasiyahan.
May ilan din namang
nagsasabi na paminsan minsan
lang silang magawi doon.
Madalas ito ay kung wala
silang ibang mapuntahan, lalo
na kung umuulan. Dito sila
nagku-kwentuhan maghapon.
Ang
iba
naman
ay
sinasamantala
ang
pagkakataon para rumaket
nang kaunti. May mga
naglilinis ng kuko at
nagbebenta ng kung ano-ano.
Karamihan
sa
mga
kababaihang naglalagi dito ay
sa Wanchai nagtatrabaho,
gaya ni Myla Abella. Naging
makabuluhan
daw
ang
kanyang pananatili dito tuwing
Linggo dahil dito niya nakilala
ang mga matalik na niyang
kaibigan ngayon. Dito daw
umusbong ang kanilang
magandang samahan, at dito
na rin tumibay ang kanilang
pagkakaibigan. Paboritong
tambayan daw nila ito dahil
nakakatawa sila nang malakas
na walang pumipigil o
pumupuna sa kanila.
Si Vilma Rosete naman na
tubong Isabela, ay dito na rin
niya natagpuan ang kanyang
mga kapwa Isabelinos.
Masayang masaya daw sila sa
lugar na ito kaya lagi niyang
inaabangan ang pagdating ng
Linggo. Kahit ilang taon na
raw ang nakakaraan magmula
nang una silang magtipontipon dito ay hindi sila nag-isip
na lumipat ng pwesto.
Dito na rin nabuo ang
asosasyon ng mga taga
Ramon, Isabela. Si Prima
Baltazar na napili nila bilang
pangulo ay puno ang
pasasalamat dahil kahit doon
lang daw sila nakatambay ay
nabuo nila ang kanilang
asosasyon. Paminsan minsan
ay lumalayo din daw sila kung
may mga importanteng lakad,
pero hindi nila nakakalimutan
na bumalik sa kanilang pwesto
para makapagkwentuhan nang
kahit ilang oras lang bago sila
mag-uwian. Pakiramdam daw
nila ay hindi sila nag day-off
kung
hindi
sila
makapagkwentuhan
sa
kanilang nakagawiang lugar.
Komportable
silang
umiistambay doon, umulan
man o umaraw, dahil
nasisilungan sila, at malapit sa
kainan
at
iba
pang
importanteng puntahan. Wala
raw dahilan para humanap pa
sila ng ibang pagtatambayan.
The SUN April 2015
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DIY TRAVEL
Oi!
Sentro ng sining at kasaysayan
Isang malawak na bakuran ang nasasakop ng Oi,na
nakapaloob sa dating headquarters at clubhouse noon ng
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club.
Ni Ramon Dizon Jr.
Ang dating headquarters at
clubhouse noon ng Royal
Hong Kong Yacht Club ay
tahanan na ngayon ng isang
organisasyong pang-sining,
ang “Oi!”. Hango ang
pangalang Oi! sa lokasyon nito
na nasa numero 12 ng Oil
Street, kanto ng Electric Road,
sa North Point.
Ang Oi! ay binuo ng Leisure
and
Cultural
Services
Department upang mangalaga
sa anumang bagay na may
kinalaman sa visual arts. Ito
ang nangangasiwa sa mga
pagtatanghal, pagpupulong o
iba pang gawaing kaugnay sa
naturang sining.
Layon ng Oi! na maging
tulay ng komunidad sa sining,
ang maglaan ng lugar at
sistema upang mapaunlad ang
imahinasyon
at
pagkamalikhain ng mga tao.
Ito ang humihikayat sa mga
taga Hong Kong na magsamasama para sa malayang
talakayan at pagsasakatuparan
ng kanilang mga kaisipan.
Mula nang magbukas ang
Oi! noong Mayo 2013 ay ilang
proyekto na rin ang naisagawa
dito na tumatagal ng dalawa
hanggang apat na buwan
bawat isa. May mga tema ang
bawat pagtatanghal tulad ng
Ignite!, Sparkle!, Reflection!,
Embark!,
Splash!,
at
Connectivity.
Ang
kasalukuyang
nakapalamuti
sa
mga
kuwartong panuoran ay ang
dalawang kategorya ng sining
na Sparkle!
Ang kategoryang “I Wanna
Eat Yummy Yummy” na
magtatapos sa Mayo 31 ay
mapagmamasdan sa isang
bahaging binubuo ng anim na
silid. Sa katabing bahagi
Mula sa labas ay aakalain na isang maliit at lumang gusali ang Oi, na nasa panulukan ng Oil
St. at Electric Road sa North Point.
naman ay mapapanood ang
kategoryang
“Regarding
Lightness: On Life’s Way”
hanggang Hunyo 21.
Libre ang pagpasok arawaraw kahit sa mga piyesta
opisyal, maliban sa unang
dalawang araw ng Chinese
New Year. Bukas ito ng
10am-8pm maliban sa araw ng
Lunes, kung kailan 2pm ang
bukas nito.
Maliban sa pagiging sentro
ng kultura ay mayaman din sa
kasaysayan ang mismong
gusali. Kapag tingnan ito
mula sa parteng Java Road at
Fortress Hill Road ay talagang
agaw-pansin ang makalumang
disenyo ng bahay na ito.
Kakaiba din ito sa mga
nagtataasang gusali sa paligid,
dahil dalawang palapag lang
ang istraktura. Saglit na
nauudyok nito ang diwa na
Ilan sa mga obra sa naka-exhibiotsa Oi.
maglakbay pabalik sa bansang
pinagmulan
kung
saan
karaniwan ang ganitong
tanawin.
Matatandaang
nahirang
kamakailan ang siyudad ng
Vigan, ang kapitolyo ng Ilocos
Sur, bilang isa sa mga
New7Wonders - Cities.
Nakilala ang lugar dahil
napanatili nito ang karamihan
sa mga sinaunang bahay na
nagpapa-alala ng mahalagang
kasaysayan ng Pilipinas.
Batid din ng Hong Kong
ang kahalagahan ng kanilang
mga sinaunang istruktura,
kaya idineklara ang Oi! noong
1995 na kabilang sa ikalawang
antas ng mga makasaysayang
gusali na nasa pangangalaga
ng gobyerno at hindi maaring
gibain.
Ang gusali ng Oi! ay itinayo
noong taong 1908 at naging
clubhouse ng Yacht Club
hanggang 1938. Pagkatapos
ng ikalawang digmaang
pandaigdig ay naging tirahan
ito ng mga empleyado ng
gobyerno, garahe at imbakan
hanggang 1998.
Mula 1998 hanggang taong
2000 ay ginawa itong
paupahan, hanggang inayos
para sa kasalukuyan nitong
gamit.
Mananatili ang Oi! bilang
tanda ng mabilis na pag-unlad
ng Hong Kong. Dahil punongtanggapan ito ng Yacht Club
ay agad maiisip na ito ay
dating nasa tabing-dagat lang.
Ngayon ang pampang ay ilang
daang metro na ang layo mula
dito, tanda na ang malaking
parte ng daan sa paligid nito ay
dating tubig na tinabunan lang
ng lupa.
Samantala, ang Yacht Club
naman ay lumipat na sa Kellett
Island sa Causeway Bay,
malapit sa Noon Day Gun, o
iyong lumang tangke na
pinapaputok tuwing alas dose
ng tanghali.
Ang
tuloy-tuloy
na
reclamation
o
ang
pagtatambak sa mga dating
katubigan ay naging parte na
ng pag-usad ng ekonomiya ng
Hong Kong. Salat man ito sa
kapatagan ay hindi naging
problema ang tuloy-tuloy na
pagpapatayo ng mga matataas
at makabagong gusali.
Sa katunayan, ang tatlo sa
pinakamatataas na gusali sa
Hong Kong, maging ang dati
at kasalukuyang paliparan, ay
nakatirik sa mga binawing
lupa.
Ang mismong AIA Tower
sa tawid ng Oi! ay
napapabilang
sa
mga
skyscraper - mga gusaling may
taas 180 metro o higit pa – na
itinayo ilang dekada na ang
nakakaraan. Sa mismong tapat
naman ng Oi!, sa kabilang gilid
ng Electric Road ay makikita
ang Newton Hotel na may
ilang palapag, at paboritong
pagdausan ng patitipon ng mga
grupong Pilipino.
Magawi man o magsadya sa
lugar ay kapakipakinabang
ang mga sandaling gugugulin
dito. Saksihan ang mga
gawang
sining
na
naglalarawan ng sibilisasyon
noon, ngayon at maging sa
hinaharap. Higit sa lahat ay
damhin ang mga taong
nagdaan sa isang lugar na hitik
sa kasaysayan.
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The SUN April 2015
Online OEC filing available, but only few users
By The SUN staff
Unknown to most overseas
Filpino workers in Hong
Kong, there is —or there
should be— an easier way to
apply for the overseas
employment certificate or
OEC, the document that cause
frustratingly long queues
during peak seasons.
The OEC online service has
been available for at least two
months, but for some reason,
even today’s relatively technosavvy Filipino migrants
workers seem reluctant to
avail of it.
“Matagal na po tayong
mayroong BMOnline pero
nagsisiksikan pa rin sila sa
consulate,” Labor Attache
Nenita Garcia told The SUN,
when asked during an
interview whether the online
application service was
available.
She said the online
application for OEC is
available on the website of the
Philippine
Overseas
Employment Administration.
All that an applicant needs to
do is visit that site and click on
the BMOnline icon and input
personal details.
Payment can be done
through remittance company
iRemit, which has several
outlets in Hong Kong.
Garcia said the central
database for the personal
details of all registered OFWs
is with the POEA, which
launched the BMOnline
service on Jan. 27 this year.
“Once na nakapag-register
sila, nandoon na ang kanilang
data kaya next time na magapply sila, nandoon na,”
Garcia said.
Despite the apparent ease of
using the online service, the
labor attaché said migrant
workers are hesitant to avail of
it, either because they are still
uncomfortable using the
internet, or still prefer to make
the application personally at
the Consulate.
To help the workers, she
said the Philippine Overseas
Labor Office has gone the
extra mile training the OFWs
on how to use the online
system with help from Filipino
OFWs want OEC junked
From Page 1
apparently
no
prior
consultation or test run, to
move the applications to the
Consulate starting Mar.1.
Thus, the chaos, which was
witnessed by no less than a
group of Philippine legislators
who conducted a public
hearing at the Consulate on
Mar. 15.
At an earlier interview with
The SUN, Consul General
Bernardita Catalla admitted
that even she was taken aback
when she saw the huge crowd
at the start of the month. She
said she immediately asked
POLO staff who had already
moved to their new offices at
nearby Admiralty Centre, to
open more windows for OEC
processing to decongest the
service area.
And what is this allimportant document that the
OFWs were so desperate to
get? It is what they are
required to produce at
Philippine airports to prove
that they are OFWs entitled to
exemption from travel tax, and
for a refund of the terminal fee
they were forced to pay along
with their air ticket.
But many OFWs have long
balked at the idea of having to
secure the OEC when they
already have their work visas
and contracts to prove their
status. Many say that it is just
another reason to extract
money from them.
The SUN posted pictures of
the long queues for the OEC
the past few weeks and asked
the question, “Is the OEC
It was a nightmare getting in and out of the lifts on this Sunday
because of the sheer number of people trying to obtain the
$20 (Php100) document.
really necessary?”
Most said no, and gave
varied reasons. Here are some
of them (some are edited
slightly from text language):
Abbygail Garnet Salamat
at nakita nyo po it. Noong
December na uwi ko, halos
kalahating araw kami pumila.
Gabi na nakakuha ng OEC.
Last week kumuha naman ako,
halos 4 na oras din ako pumila.
Dagdag sakripisyo po ito.. at
sayang ang oras. Kahit amo ko
nagtatanong kong bakit ganito
sistema ng konsulado. Sa totoo
lang minsan nakakahiya na sa
mga amo pag nagtanong sila
tungkol sa sistema ng
Pilipinas. Sobrang kurakot ng
gobyerno. Nagbabayad tayo
nang hindi natin alam kung
technology experts who are
based in Hong Kong.
She admitted that any
technology is hard to learn in
the beginning, but added that
POEA’s website has a tutorial
service
for
first-time
applicants.
Surprisingly, though, POLO
has yet to announce publicly
that the online application
service is available, not even
when faced with the deluge of
applicants during the pregraduation and Holy Week
season.
The answer could well be
because the system does not
work—at least not yet.
Intrigued by the question of
why no one seems to be
promoting – or using - the
easier and stress-free service,
The SUN asked two OFWs
who have been working in
Hong Kong for not less than
10 years and who have been
applying for the OEC at least
twice a year, to try the much
bruited-about service.
After filling in basic
personal details, the first OFW
was forced to discontinue
when asked for the number of
the last OEC issued to him.
“No way will I remember
that,” he said. “We always
throw away the document as
soon as we get back to Hong
Kong. Besides, why are we not
told to keep it so we could
apply online the next time we
need an OEC?”
The second OFW thought
she was luckier because she
managed to keep her last OEC,
as she had just gone home, and
had asked her daughter to keep
it for a refund.
She happily put in the
number as requested, but was
stumped by what she saw next.
“No data found” was the
message that came up on the
screen.
Obviously, not even the
most sophisticated online
service could churn out data if
none was fed to it in the first
place.
Unless POLO built a data
base of all OFWs in HK and
shared it with POEA, this
supposed service will remain
but an illusion.
ng OEC bago umuwi, palaging
ganoon. Nang hindi na siya
kailangan ng kanyang amo
naghanap siya ng iba. Pwede
siyang mag-process kahit
hindi nag-e-exit pero gusto
niya ring umuwi bago magumpisa sa bagong amo niya.
Pinayagan naman siya so doon
niya hinintay yung visa nya.
Pagdating ng visa niya,
sinabihan siya ng agency niya
na pumunta sa POEA para
kumuha ng OEC. Pagpunta
niya sa OEC doon lang niya
nalaman na wala daw siyang
record sa POEA. Kahit may
mga patunay siyang OEC sa
mga
nakalipas
niyang
bakasyon at pati passport niya
ay ipinakita hindi siya
binigyan ng OEC. Ang sabi
daw sa kanya sa POEA,kahit
pabalik-balik na tayo at ditto
tayo kumukuha ng OEC hindi
na raw naka-record sa kanila
iyon kasi kapag more than 10
years na dito na lang
kumukuha nito ay hindi daw
naka-record sa kanila iyon.
Ang tanong, ano yung OEC
na kinukuha dito bago umuwi
kung di naman pala nakarecord sa POEA iyon?
Sana masagot ang tanong na
ito,maraming salamat po.
tulad naming. Gawan naman
ninyo ng paraan na mapadali
ang pag issue ng mga
kailangan ng mga OFW dahil
limitado lang ang aming oras
para sa pagkuha ng OEC o
pagproseso
ng
mga
dokumento.
Linda Diaz May nabasa
ako non sa newspaper na ang
sabi nitong bagong opisyal na
pumalit e mas lalo daw nila
papabilisin ang serbisyo nila
para sa OEC para daw di
maabala amg mga OFW pero
kabaligtaran naman pala.
Dahil sa hirap ng mga OFW na
pumila may nahihimatay pa
dahil nalilipasan na ng gutom.
Mga sirs, mga madam, maawa
naman kayo sa mga OFW na
saan napupunta binabayad
natin.... Sana maaksyunan
naman po ito..
Chemaroel Lactaoen Mga
nasa gobyerno natin ang
nagpapahirap talaga sa ating
OFW. Tatawagin pa tayong
bayani kung puro naman singil
at pahirap inaabot natin? Lalo
sa amin ditto sa Russia,
andaming hinhinging papel.
Nakakainis
lang
kaya
nakakatakot umuwi at baka
hindi na makabalik.
Gina
Guerrero
Tadifa OEC, matagal nang
tanong yan? Pero ito nangyari
sa mismong kapitbahay
naming sa Pinas. Matagal na
siya
sa
abroad,
pag
nagbabakasyon siya kukuha
Au Sante March 22 pumila
yong kaibigan ko para kumuha
ng OEC start siyang pumila
from 8:30am, nakakuha siya
ng OEC at 4 na sa hapon. May
nahimatay doon sa gutom.
Sana tanggalin na ang OEC.
Ako 2x na bumalik para
kumuha ng OEC, grabe pa rin
ang pila..
Marites Ciudadano Dapat
talaga tanggalin na itong OEC
sa mga OFW. Dagdag gastos
at panahon kung ganyan
kahaba
ang
pipilahan
mo...Ang tanong: Saan ba
napupunta
ang
perang
pinambabayad natin ? Sa dami
dami ng OFW, milyong piso
araw-araw ang natatanggap
nila mula sa atin....?
#justasking
Redbutterfly
Lorea
Petals At saka yung uwi mo at
balik sa amo eh....kasunduan
ng amo at DH, di ba? Sana nga
wala
nang
ganyan
requirements kasi di ka naman
maka check in sa airplane na
wala.kang passport ...at
pagbalik mo sa country na
pinagtatrabahuhan pag pasok
mo ng immigration e dapat
ipakita mo yung passport (na
may visa). ID. Kontrata…
People queued on the exit stairs on weekdays to avoid
crowding around the lift lobby and getting in the way of the
other occupants of the building.
Ching Daguro .wala din
palang nabago s problema sa
Continued on Page 25
The SUN April 2015
PEOPLE
New DCG looks forward to
working with Filcom
“Seven years in the making.” That’s how the
country’s new second top official at the
Consulate calls his assignment to Hong Kong,
as he recalls with amusement how he was
supposed to have been posted here as early as
2007.
Deputy Consul General Christian L. de Jesus
says he was already on his way to Hong Kong
for his first overseas assignment, when
Ambassador Domingo Siazon got him to go to
Japan instead.
A lawyer and a fluent Japanese speaker,
DCG De Jesus did not have any trouble settling
down in his first overseas post. The bonus, he
says, was he became under the tutelage not only
of Ambassador Siazon, but also of his
successor, Ambassador Manolo Lopez, who is
another highly regarded diplomat and
businessman.
He spent all of the allowed six years of
overseas stay in Tokyo, before returning to the
Department of Foreign Affairs’ home office
where he worked at the internal audit service
division.
But the lure of Hong Kong remained, and
when the no. 2 post here opened with DCG
Rosanna Villamor’s departure for Washington
D.C., de Jesus did not think twice about coming
over.
The prospect of serving in a post where
diplomacy takes a back seat to promoting the
welfare of overseas Filipino workers does not
seem to faze him. Four days after his arrival on
Mar. 25, he attended his first Filipino
community meeting, and was evidently keen to
meet and mingle with community leaders.
“I hope to get to know all of you someday,”
he told the gathering after being introduced by
Consul General Bernardita Catalla.
promising career as a
corporate lawyer in favor of
public service.
He has not looked back, and
now 11 years later, he tends to
think more of how his previous
career has helped him become
a better civil servant.
“I would like to think it (law
practice) has helped me a lot in
doing my work now,” he says.
With thousands of OFWs in
Hong Kong always in need of
legal advice and help, it would
seem like de Jesus has his
work cut out for him. But with
his experience and willingness
to serve, he has no reason to
fear. – Daisy CL Mandap
OFWs want
OEC junked
From Page 24
issuance ng oec....inilipat lang
lahat dyan sa Admiralty mula
Bayanihan...Tsk tsk tsk....
De Jesus during an interview with The SUN.
He later said he was impressed by the
enthusiasm and community spirit shown by the
leaders, and would like to know more about the
issues that concern them.
Tackling more demanding jobs is nothing
new to this diplomat. Armed with the law
degree he obtained from Ateneo de Manila
University in 1999, de Jesus first went to work
with SGV, now known as the largest
professional services firm in the Philippines.
But after qualifying as a foreign service
officer, he did not think twice about giving up a
Deputy Consul General Christian L. de Jesus introduces himself to the community during a
recent meeting on preparations for the Independence Day Celebrations in June.
Nikie Padernal Alera Last
January umuwi ako, di pa ako
nag-start ng work sa bago
kong amo kaya kailangan sa
Pilipinas kumuha ng OEC. 3
hrs drive to POEA at pinakuha
pa ako ng affifavit mula sa
abogado para makakuha ng
OEC. Wala rin namang gamit
yung affidavit. Whole day pa
ako sa POEA para sa pila at
byahe pauwi..sana iabolish na
yang OEC. Dagdag hirap pa
yan sa mga OFW .Bagong
bayani nga tayo kasi lahat na
lang
pasan
ng
mga
OFW...God bless Pilipinas.
Jho Dagupon Thats our
consulat, Filipino style. Tapos
nag issue sila ng notice na
puedeng kumuha ng multiple
OEC, excluded pa ang mga
D.H. Kaya yung mga konting
DH na pinapauwi lagi ng mga
amo kailangan pabalik-balik
para pumila. I think
discrimination din ito kasi
pagka sinabing Filipino OFW
lahat
ng
Pilipino
na
nagtatrabaho sa abroad
regardless kung domestic,
nurse and others. Dagdag pa
ng pila ng refund pagbalik. Isa
pang abala nitong pag uwi ko,
natataranta at nagmamadali
ang mga galing HK para sa
pila ng refund, hay!
Wilma Viernes Acio So
true!!!! Or either naman
dagdagan ang counter pag
ganitong peak season. I’ve
tried queueing for almost 3
hours just to get my OEC! It’s
a waste of time really!!!! Isipin
din naman sana nila yan!!!
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Community
Announcements
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PCG ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Philippine Consulate will be closed on the following days
due to holidays in the Philippines and in Hong Kong:
OVR at the PCG Lobby
Monday to Thursday, 9am – 1pm
Mobile Registration every Sunday
For information, call Loise at 2823 8536 or Jethro at 2823
8559
Community Announcements:
Calling all OFWs from Roxas, Isabela.
The Roxas Group of Migrants is inviting you all to join the
group in preparation for our 2nd anniversary celebration on
March 15. Our Municipal Mayor Benedict Calderon and all
the barangay captains of Roxas will be around on the above
mentioned date. For inquiry pls call Thess at 91350760.
Wanted: Women’s softball players
Fate women’s softball team is looking for candidates for
pitcher and catcher. The ideal candidates should have
experience as pitchers and catchers in school or community
softball teams. Interested parties, please call Don Gaborno at
telephone No. 531 85 113.
Wanted: Women’s baseball players
The Philippine Sluggers team is accepting applications for tryouts. 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
Free Courses for OFWs
From Empowerment Centre (HK) International.
Courses include: Call Center & English Course (CCEC);
Massage, Facial, and Candling Courses, Keyboard Course.
Since the CCEC is a two-and-a-half month intensive course,
only serious and committed participants are sought. To join,
please like Empowerment Centre International in Facebook.
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The SUN April 2015
ty
CelebriFOOD
TRIP
The chef’s coat fits
By Jo Campos
Catering for a family that
owns a string of well-known
restaurants in Hong Kong is
not an easy task, but Nerissa
D. Roxas has achieved the
challenging job with flying
colors. Neri, as she is
fondly called by her friends,
especially those who are
members of the Filipino
Basketball Association or
FBA which she leads, has
been working for her
Australian employers in
Pokfulam since 1992.
Although her employers
are famous restaurateurs,
they still prefer to come
home to Neri’s home
cooked meals. Even her two
wards profess to love her
cooking more than anything
bought outside, including the
fancy dishes served at their
parent’s restaurants.
The family has so much trust
in Neri’s cooking that
whenever they host a dinner
party, they ask their all-around
helper to don her customized
chef’s coat, and take charge of
the kitchen.
Neri never shrinks from
such task, as she always
manages to come up with the
perfect menu according to her
employer’s
preference,
whether it be for a western or
continental themed party, a
Hawaiian luau, or a French
fondue.
She has also perfected the
art of Southeast Asian and
Australian cuisine, which she
gets to serve in various parts of
the world, as her employers
often take her traveling with
them. From the appetizers,
main course and desserts, Neri
prepares them to perfection.
With no formal culinary
education, Neri’s cooking
skills
have
come
naturally. Still, she wants to
learn the formal way: “Kung
may culinary school dito sa
Hong Kong na pwede kong
pasukan, gusto ko ring magaral.” (If there is a culinary
school in Hong Kong which I
can attend, I would be very
interested).
As proof of her trust in
Neri’s cooking, her employer
Nerissa D. Roxas: Employers prefer her cooking to that
served in their restaurants.
Fresh Fruit Pavlova
For meringue:
10-12 egg whites
450 grams caster sugar
1 teaspoon corn flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon white vinegar
For serving:
250 ml. cream, whipped
Fresh fruit, such as passion
fruit, strawberries, mango,
banana, kiwi
Vanilla or passion fruit ice
cream (optional)
Method:
1. Prepare a 30 cm.
diameter or square metal
baking tray, lined with
greaseproof paper or foil.
Use a pencil to trace a
circle on the paper 28-30
cm. diameter.
2. Set oven to 200
degrees Celsius
3. In an electric mixer,
beat egg whites until firm
but not dry. Add about half
of the sugar, and all of the
corn flour, cream of tartar,
and vinegar, and continue
to beat on full power until
the sugar has dissolved and
the mix is quite firm and
creamy. Gently fold in the
rest of the sugar.
4. Place the mixture on the
tray inside the circle, ensuring
that the sides are as high as the
center.
5. Place the tray in the oven
and immediately reduce the
temperature to 100 degrees
Celsius. Check after two
hours. When the pavlova is
slightly puffed, a little colored
(but not brown) and crisp,
leave for another 30 minutes.
6. Remove and allow to cool
thoroughly. Just before
serving, cover the top with
whipped cream. Decorate with
sliced fruits, and drizzle with
passion fruit. Serve at once.
Note: Keep meringue
in an air-tight container if
it’s not to be eaten right
away to maintain
freshness.
would often ask the helper to
try out some recipes, which
are then compiled in one file
for future reference. Neri
keeps her own compilation of
these recipes, which she
simply named: “Neri’s
Menu”.
Like most passionate cooks,
Neri prefers to use all natural
ingredients and shuns using
additives. One of her quick
fixes is to make broth from
fresh organic chickens, which
she then stores in the freezer in
several portions. She uses the
broth for a lot of dishes,
including Thai chicken
noodles in soup using fresh
ingredients, or a flavorful
minestrone soup.
But Neri does not only
specialize in savoury dishes,
she is also a very good
baker. One of her specialties
is pavlova, which many
people swear is “to die for”,
with its perfectly crunchy light
meringue, topped with fresh
cream and fruits. She shares
the recipe on this page.
Neri is also known for her
one-of-a-kind Spanish bread,
which is one of bestsellers in
her own bakery back in her
hometown of Malolos,
Bulacan. But Gloria’s Bakery
is most famous for its
specialty cake called “inipit”.
These are small, rectangular
sponge cakes sprinkled with
sugar sandwiched in a sweet
hint of citrus aroma flavored
with “dayap” or lime rind
filling.
Neri quips, “Yung filling ng
inipit ay secret recipe namin
yan dahil kami lang ang may
ganyang lasa.” (The filling
for the inipit is from our secret
recipe, that’s why only we can
come up with that taste).
She says her sister, who is
managing the bakery, has
been urging her return to the
Philippines because their
products are selling so well
they can no longer cope with
the demand. According to
Neri, their bakery is already
getting more than 20 orders of
boxed inipit each day.
But Neri has to be
persuaded some more, as she
is still enjoying her stay in
Hong Kong, especially the
basketball games her FBA
group organizes on a regular
basis. Still, it makes her happy
and confident that if and when
she decides to go home for
good, she can still wear her
chef’s coat and do what she
truly loves.
The SUN April 2015
27
OFWs in Canada face uncertain future over twin policy changes
From Page 21
removing
the
live-in
requirement.
In
line
with
the
amendments, employers were
allowed to hire caregivers
under two categories starting
Dec. 1 last year: those who
look after children, and those
who care for the elderly or
with high medical needs.
The caregivers can apply for
permanent residency under the
category for which they were
hired. However, a cap of 2,750
applicants per year has been
imposed for each category,
which means not everyone will
be able to acquire the soughtafter status.
This contrasts sharply with
the decades-old former
program, where caregivers
had a guaranteed pathway to
permanent residency after two
years of work.
Beboso sees this as the
government’s way to restrict
the entry of caregivers into the
country. “What we are seeing
more and more now is a move
to temporariness,” she said.
She also rues the lack of
consultation and the haste with
which Canada imposed the
sweeping changes.
In reaction, Migrante
Canada has launched an
information drive about the
twin policy changes, and is
now supporting an online
campaign to stop the mass
deportation of the temporary
workers.
“If these workers are good
enough to work, then they are
good enough to stay”, she said.
Media reports in Canada
show many business owners
are also opposed to the TFWP
reforms, calling them a “kneejerk reaction” to isolated cases
Congress to push POEA to crack down on agencies
From Page 8
partylist representatives Leah
Paquiz of Ang Nars; Emmi de
Jesus of Gabriela; Wes
Gatchalian of Alay Buhay;
and Juan Johnny Revilla of
OFW, and Quezon Fourth
District Rep. Angelina Tan.
Gatchalian, the forum
moderator, said in the few
days that the lawmakers were
in Hong Kong, they learned
about the many issues
affecting the community from
various sides, including the
consulate and the Hong Kong
government.
More than 100 people who
packed the conference hall
listened intently as Cynthia
Tellez, general manager of the
Mission for Migrant Workers,
spoke about the two-week rule
that gave domestic helpers just
14 days to stay in Hong Kong
after their contract ended, and
the live-out option for helpers.
She said the removal of the
live-out option since 2003 was
against the ILO Convention as
it exposes the women workers
to risks of abuse in their
employers’ home. She also hit
the discriminatory “W” and
“FW” codes on migrant
workers’ ID cards that identify
them as domestic workers.
Among the issues with the
Philippine government that
Tellez brought up were
overcharging and illegal
placement
fees,
illegal
lending, and conciliation
meetings that are being held at
the POLO offices despite the
practice being illegal.
Dolores
Balladares,
chairperson of UNIFILMigrante, hit the Philippine
government for failing to
punish recruitment agencies
that continue to charge illegal
recruitment fees.
“Sana ay magtatag ng
special court para duminig sa
kaso ng illegal placement fees.
Nais
naming
makitang
maparusahan ang placement
agencies na bumibiktima sa
ating mga kabababayan,”
Balladares said.
Bello said he was for a
special court but clarified what
action it is expected to take.
Balladares said the court
should prosecute erring
agencies.
The SUN editor Daisy CL
Mandap brought the issue of
illegal recruitment and the
illegal placement fee of
Php120,000.
“We have hundreds of
Filipinos who have been
victimized
by
illegal
recruiters. They are lured by
promises of bigger salaries
abroad — in Canada, the
United States and Russia,”
Mandap said, citing the cases
of Filipinas who fell victims to
recruiters.
She pointed out the apparent
collusion between Manila-
based recruiters and their
Hong Kong counterparts in
overcharging applicants and
setting them up for bogus
loans to pay the agencies.
Mandap cited the case of
former Labor Attache Manuel
Roldan, who accredited nearly
100 new agencies to recruit
Filipino workers despite an
existing ban. Roldan is now a
subject of a congressional
probe for licensing an agency
was owned by the daughter of
POLO
driver
Donald
Retirado.
Bishop Gerry Vallo spoke
about his support for the case
of four Filipina helpers who
were overcharged by Hong
Kong employment agency
Satisfactory in collusion with
its agent in Manila, Findstaff
Placement Services.
Vallo presented three of the
four helpers — named only as
“Mara”, “May”, and “Ruth” –
who pressed their case in court
and won.
“Binabayaran sila ng
magkano na gusto nila, pati
ang bishop ay inaalok din,”
Vallo said.
“Today this is a case which
shows the vulnerability of
workers here. Kawawa ang
mga OFW kung walang sasalo
sa kanila,” he said.
Lenlen Mesina of Enrich, an
NGO that trains migrant
workers on livelihood and
investment
possibilities,
pushed the congressmen to
legislate policies that will
institutionalize the integration
and reintegration of the
migrant workers.
She also asked if it is
possible for the government to
hire a local lawyer to explain
the laws of Hong Kong to the
migrant workers.
De Jesus rued the culture of
impunity that has allowed the
agencies and labor officials to
victimize the migrant workers,
while Revilla said his dream
was for the country to do well
so that the 10 million OFWs
around the world could go
back home.
of violations.
They warn that the changes
could result in losses and
business shutdowns.
“If we allow these changes
to happen it’s going to do
irreparable damage, in my
view, to our business and to
the economy,” said Rob
Chiasson, who owns four
McDonald’s franchises in
Alberta, said in an interview.
His views are echoed by many
other business leaders.
Even provincial officials,
led by Premiers Christy Clark
of British Columbia and Jim
Prentice of Alberta, were
similarly concerned.
Clark thinks the new TFWP
is “tragically misdirected” for
failing to see the impact on key
provincial
government
initiatives which require a
substantial number of skilled
foreign workers being brought
in. “We should not think about
other people who come from
across the world to British
Columbia to work as being
something less than the rest of
us” was her sharp response.
Prentice, for his part, said:
“With the population pressure
we’re under, with the job
$0 Agent Fee!
creation pressure that we’re
under in this province, I’ve
heard loud and clear over the
summer from business people
that the changes on temporary
foreign workers are going to
be very, very difficult.”
Meanwhile,
Philippine
officials in Canada said they
are working with concerned
agencies to help Filipinos
understand the changes in the
TFW program.
“We had discussions with
them to help them understand
more the changes. Basically,
for now, we have prepared an
advisory for our kababayans
informing them of the
changes. These are very
detailed changes like the
classification
system,
occupational standard system,
different requirements now in
the need for labor market
impact
assessments,”
explained Consul General
Neil Ferrer in Vancouver.
The officials are concerned
that not enough consultations
were held before the changes
were made, but recognize that
the Canadian government is
well within its right to make
the amendments.
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mula sa perang pinaghirapan. Napakahirap daw kasing lalo ang
magbayad ng utang na napunta lang sa wala. Mabait ang kanyang
asawa nang iwan niya kaya hindi niya naisip na pagtalikod niya
ay makakalimutan na ng kabiyak ang kanilang mga plano sa
buhay. Si Gloria ay tubong Abra at kasalukuyang nainilbihan sa
mga among Australian sa Kowlon Tong. —-Marites Palma
Dugyut
Hindi maitago sa mukha ni Rosie ang pagkadiri sa sumalubong
na asawa dahil iba sa inaasahan niya ang hitsura nito. Imbes na
malinis at mabango ang dinatnang kabiyak ay madungis at
mahaba ang balbas nito, at gusot-gusok ang buhok na parang
hindi naliligo. Nasambit tuloy niya sa harapan mismo ng kanyang
hipag na ang dugyot naman ng kanyang asawa. Ang hipag ang
napahiya sa kanyang tinuran, pero ang kanyang asawa ay parang
wala lang narinig. Hindi niya mapagtanto kung bakit
nagkaganoon na ang asawa. Sinabihan niya ito na maligo naman
at mag-ahit para magmukhang tao. Hindi niya akalain na sa
sama ng loob ay magpo-post sa Facebook ang hipag ng ganito:
“Nakarating lang ng abroad maarte na, kung kailan tumanda ay
naging maarte na, hindi naman siya kagandahan eh akala mo
kung sinong malinis.” Nabasa naman niya kaagad sa kanyang
news feed at agad siyang nag comment sa status ng hipag. Sinabi
niya na hindi kaartehan ang pagsasabi ng katotohanan, at huwag
magbulag-bulagan sa katotohanan. Kahit hindi kagandahan
kung busilak ang puso at walang itinatagong baho ay higit na
mas mabuti pa ang taong iyon sa taong maganda nga pero ubod
naman ng kaplastikan. Nang mabasa ng hipag ang kayang
comment ay nag like naman ito, marahil ay tinamaan din sa
comment ni Rosie. Hindi lamang niya maintindihan kung bakit
sa loob ng 20 taon na nawala siya ay ngayon lamang
nagkaganoon ang asawa na parang hindi na inaasikaso ang
sarili. Nag-iisip tuloy siya ngayon na tapusin na lamang ang
kontrata at umuwi na nang tuluyan para maasikaso naman ang
asawa. Tutal ay nakatapos na rin sa pag-aaral ang kanilang
dalawang anak. Si Rosie, 50 taong gulang, ay tubong Maynila
at naninilbihan sa mga among Intsik sa Saikung. — Marites
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“Sino ka ba?”. Agad niya itong binalikan ng tawag para
pagsabihan ang pamangkin ngunit babae ang sumagot sa
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sa hardin ng ika-6 ng hapon ay inaasahan pa siyang tumulong sa
kusina kaya madalas ay ika-10 ng gabi na siya tuluyang
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umaga ay nagulat na lang si Joy nang marinig mula sa kanilang
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Assault case vs. DH stalls on incomplete record
By Vir B. Lumicao
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earlier that day, he said the
defendant, Jennet A. Barcia,
hit him and caused his bruises.
Barcia was arrested on Oct.
29 and has subsequently
pleaded not guilty to the
charge.
At the start of the trial,
Magistrate Jason Wan Siuming put the prosecution
under pressure when he
rejected a medical report that
was signed by the doctor who
examined the child but did not
have a sworn declaration as
required by the court.
“I don’t criticize anybody,
but this is the second time that
somebody is charged with
assault and that kind of
medical report is rejected,” he
said.
Wan then advised the child
by video about the interview
session with the defense
lawyer. The prosecutor had
earlier interviewed the boy in a
court backroom.
The interview by the
defense counsel, barrister
Vandana Rajwani, took more
than two hours as she skillfully
persuaded the boy to answer
all her questions without
boring him.
It was learned that the boy
slept in a room with a threedeck bed. His sister used the
top deck, he occupied the
middle part and the helper, the
lowest.
The boy admitted that
Barcia would play with him
and read him stories before he
went to sleep. “When you get
hurt, does she carry you and
clean you and tell you that she
loves you very much?”
Rajwani asked the boy.
“Yes,” he replied.
“Did kongyan Che-che hit
you?”
“No.”
Surprised by the boy’s
answer, the prosecutor sought
permission to query the boy
again. “This morning you said
kongyan Che-che hit. Now,
when the defense lawyer asked
you if kongyan Che-he didn’t
hurt you, you said ‘Yes’,” she
said.
“Did kongyan Che-che hit
you once?” the prosecutor
asked again.
“Yes,” the boy answered.
Lau
Chi-ming,
the
policewoman who arrested
Barcia on the evening of Oct.
29, was asked by the
magistrate why she did not
state in the admitted facts that
she did not caution the
defendant immediately after
the arrest.
The officer, who took the
witness stand for the
prosecution, said she just
wrote down what Barcia said
and did not remember to
caution her immediately”.
The defense lawyer asked
the officer about a statement in
the penultimate line of the
report copy in which the
victim was quoted as saying
“when sister hit the window
sill, accidentally hit the…”
The officer said she
believed something was
missing and that the phrase
should be “accidentally hit the
bottom of the window sill”.
She also confirmed that it
was the boy who said “When
sister hit me, it happened
accidentally hit the window
near my bed”.
At this point the defense
lawyer said she asked for
clarification of the missing
lines on Feb. 18 but did not
receive it from the police.
Magistrate Wan adjourned
the trial to Apr 17 so all parties
could look at the original entry
in the notebook.
‘Live-out’ DH on bail, employer faces arrest
By Vir B. Lumicao
A Filipina domestic worker
who had been arrested for
staying outside her contractual
address was allowed by a
Shatin court to post bail on
Mar. 16 while prosecutors said
they expected her employer to
be arrested soon.
Diana S. Segui, who was in
the custody of the Hong Kong
Immigration Department since
her arrest on June 5 last year,
appeared in court for her bail
application. Segui returned to
court a month after she
pleaded not guilty to a charge
of making false representation
to an immigration officer by
stating in her contract that she
would be living in the house of
her employer.
The prosecution lawyer
applied for an adjournment of
the case until April 13, saying
that the defendant had made a
non-prejudicial statement to
the immigration authorities
implicating her employer.
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prosecutor
told
Magistrate Cheung Kit-yee
that the employer was now
“pending interception”.
“Should the employer be
charged as soon as possible,
the date would be brought up,”
the prosecutor said.
The defense lawyer said
Segui was willing to put up
$1,000 as bail. She also
pledged to report to the Mong
Kok police station everyday.
Segui’s lawyer added that
the
defendant’s
travel
document was being held by
the immigration department.
Magistrate
Cheung
adjourned the hearing until
April 15 and granted the
defendant’s application for a
$1,000 bail and to reside at the
Yau Ma Tei address Tei that
she had given in her
application.
When the case was first
heard in the court for mention
on Feb. 17, the defendant
pleaded not guilty to the
charge.
The prosecution
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Segui was intercepted around
6:35 am on June 5, 2014,
when immigration officers
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at Tai Yuen St. in Wanchai.
An identity check showed
that Segui was a domestic
helper employed by a certain
Sia Kar-lam with a contractual
address at Fung Fai Terrace in
Happy Valley. Her work
contract was approved by the
immigration department on
Jan. 9, 2013 and was valid
until Jan. 9 this year.
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31
DH gets suspended sentence, boss jailed 8 weeks over illegal inn
A Filipina domestic worker
who admitted to managing an
unlicensed guesthouse walked
out free from Eastern Court on
Mar 19 after getting a twoweek suspended jail sentence
and a fine of $2,000.
But Susan L. Plantig’s
employer who operated the
guesthouse at Causeway Bay
Mansion, was jailed for eight
weeks and ordered to pay a
fine of $10,000.
The employer, Manila-born
Johnson H. Kung was said to
have committed more serious
offences by operating the
illegal inn and aiding and
abetting the maid’s violation
of immigration rules.
Magistrate Lee Siu-ho also
said that Plantig “did not have
much choice on the matter” as
she felt compelled to obey
Kung.
Lee added that since the 38year-old single mother’s
capability to work in Hong
Kong had been affected by her
conviction, the consequences
were severe enough.
The court was told that
Plantig was her family’s
breadwinner,
and
was
supportingthe medical needs
of her 15-year-old son who has
a heart problem
As for Kung, the magistrate
said: “Due to the fact that you
instructed your domestic
helper to commit the offense
and that she had no choice to
refuse your order … I think the
appropriate course to take is to
impose
an
immediate
custodial sentence.”
Kung and Plantig were
arrested on June 30 last year
by immigration agents who
posed as tourists and booked a
room for two nights at the
guesthouse. – Vir B. Lumicao
Drug trafficking suspect’s
bail bid fails
A Filipina who is in police
custody over three drugrelated charges applied for bail
at Eastern Court on Mar 25,
Pinay accused of stealing
student’s Octopus card
A Filipina domestic helper
appeared in a Kwun Tong
court on Mar 26 to face two
charges of theft, but the
magistrate decided not to
proceed with the hearing
because the defendant applied
for bail without help from a
lawyer..
Deputy Principal Magistrate
Cheang Kei-hung called for a
recess after defendant Jessica
C. Juan, applied for bail.
Cheang told Juan to go to the
duty lawyers’ office on the
second floor to ask for a
lawyer to represent her.
When the hearing resumed,
the defendant told the
magistrate that she was unable
to get a lawyer.
This prompted Cheang to
send the case to another court
which reset the hearing to May
5 so Juan will have enough
time to get help under the duty
lawyer scheme.
Juan faces two counts of
theft for allegedly stealing the
Octopus card of her
employer’s daughter. The
alleged victim, a secondary
school student, is said to be
preparing to take the HKDSE
next month so could not testify
at an earlier date.
but was told to go to the Court
of First Instance.
Gladys de Vera faces a
charge of trafficking in
dangerous drugs, another for
possession of part 1 poison,
and for possession of
equipment fit and intended for
the inhalation of dangerous
drugs. Her lawyer told the
court that the defendant had a
clear record, and could raise
her bail money from $5,000 to
$10,000.
But Magistrate Jason Wan
Siu-ming said the proper
venue for the application was
the High Court. De Vera was
remanded in custody.
Meanwhile, another Filipina
appeared in the same court on
charges of stealing a number
of cosmetics items from a
Watsons store in Central.
Rachel E. Avarecio, 29, is
accused of stealing a box of
bandage strips, a jar of scar
remover, a jar of mentholatum
gel, and two boxes of hair dye
at a Watsons store in Central.
Magistrate Wan adjourned
the hearing of the case to Apr
17 at the request of the
prosecution and extended
Avarecio’s bail. – Vir B.
Lumicao
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The SUN April 2015
Pinay helper jailed 7 months for stealing watch, cash
By Vir B. Lumicao
A Filipina domestic worker
was jailed for seven months on
March 20 after pleading guilty
to four charges of stealing
$65,000 in various currencies
and a luxury watch from her
employer’s household in Tsing
Yi.
The defense counsel said in
mitigation that the maid
committed the offenses
because a Filipina friend from
whom
she
borrowed
Php150,000 for her job
placement fee had been
badgering her about the loan.
Jesusa May B. Buen could
not control her tears as the
charges were read out to her
by a Tagalog interpreter at a
Tsuen Wan court.
According to the admitted
facts, the 44-year-old mother
of two began stealing from her
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The maid struck again on
two occasions last December,
stealing 8,500 yuan in
December
and
$4,910,
US$100 and 4,900 yuan.
Then sometime in January,
Buen took a Rolex watch
worth $27,000 that the
employer used to put on the
television top.
On Feb. 6, the employer
noticed that the US$2,000 was
gone from the bedroom
drawer where she had been
keeping it.\.
That
prompted
the
household members to check
their valuables. The employer
noticed that her watch had
gone missing while the
employer’s mother said she
lost 4,900 yuan and a US$100
bill that she had been keeping
in her wallet. The grandmother
also said she lost 8,500 yuan
that was in her bag.
Police officers were called
and they searched the
belongings of Bueno for the
missing items. They did not
recover any of the cash but
found a pawnshop receipt
issued on Jan. 4 for the stolen
Rolex watch, which Buen had
pawned for just $1,000.
“Defendant,
you
are
convicted of the four charges
on your own admission,”
Magistrate Debbie Ng Chungyee said.
In mitigation, the defense
lawyer said Buen was a single
mother
supporting
two
daughters in university and a
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70-year-old mother who was
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Buen first came to Hong
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families until 2011. She
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she borrowed money from a
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When her friend’s Japanese
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Magistrate Ng gave due
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is a serious breach of trust,
more so because you did it
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Ng also noted that the stolen
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pay the pawnshop $1,000 to
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The magistrate meted Buen
concurrent sentences of 12
months in jail for the first
charge, 8 months for the
second, 6 months for the third
and 9 for the fourth but all to
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Ng also gave Buen a further
discount of one month in
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The SUN April 2015
A Filipina who is in police
custody over three drugrelated charges applied for bail
at Eastern Court on Mar 25,
but was told to go to the Court
of First Instance.
Gladys de Vera faces a
charge of trafficking in
dangerous drugs, another for
possession of part 1 poison,
and for possession of
equipment fit and intended for
the inhalation of dangerous
drugs. Her lawyer told the
court she had a clear record,
and could raise her bail money
from $5,000 to $10,000.
But Magistrate Jason Wan
Siu-ming said the proper
venue for the application was
the High Court. De Vera was
remanded in custody.
Meanwhile, another Filipina
appeared in the same court on
charges of stealing a number
of cosmetics items from a
Watsons store in Central.
Rachel E. Avarecio, 29, is
accused of stealing a box of
bandage strips, a jar of scar
remover, a jar of mentholatum
gel, and two boxes of hair dye
at a Watsons store in Central.
Magistrate Wan adjourned
the hearing of the case to Apr
17 at the request of the
prosecution and extended
Avarecio’s bail. – Vir B.
Lumicao
Easter post
schedule set
Hongkong
Post
has
announced that no mail
delivery will be provided
during the Easter and the
Ching Ming holidays from
April 3 to April 7.
However, it said, the
General Post Office and the
Airport Post Office will be
open from April 3 to April 7.
The business hours of these
two offices will be 9am to 5pm
and 8am to 5pm respectively.
General postal services will be
provided. Details of services
available will be advertised at
the respective post offices. All
other post offices will be
closed.
On April 3 and April 7, one
mail collection will be
arranged for street posting
boxes.
From April 4 to April 6, one
mail collection will be made at
the posting boxes of the
General Post Office and the
Airport Post Office.
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Nagsimula nang ipalabas sa
Starworld ang Asia’s Next
Top Model, Season 3 noong
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Wilson ang bagong host nito.
Tatlong
Pilipina
ang
nakapasok bilang kalahok sa
taong ito, sina Amanda Chan,
17, Franchesca Lagua, 23, at
Monica Sta. Maria, 23. Ang
iba pang kalahok ay sina
Shareeta
Selvaraj,
24
(Malaysia), Loretta Chow, 26
(Hong Kong), Kirsteen
Barlow, 25 (Hong Kong),
Gani Ayu, 23 (Indonesia),
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(Malaysia), Aimee Bradshaw,
19, (Singapore), Kianna
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Celine Thuy-Vi Duong, 18,
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Sa naunang dalawang
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runner-up sa season 1 si
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kampeon na si Jessica ng
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taon ay first runner up si
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Kabilang sa mga judge sa
taong ito, bukod kay
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King, na tumatayong mentor
extraordinaire (mula pa noong
season 1); Alex Perry, na isa
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The SUN April 2015
Naiwang pamilya ni
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kilala bilang sa showbiz, at
kaisa-isang anak nina Amalia
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matapus-tapos ang himutok ni
Amalia sa pagbabale-wala
daw sa kanila ni Romeo sa last
rites sa crematorium, dahil
hindi sila naabisuhan kung
saan at anong oras ang
cremation ni Liezl, at hindi
man lang binanggit ang
kanilang mga pangalan sa
seremonya. Nakunan ng mga
larawan at video ang aktres sa
labas ng gusali habang
niyayakap at kinakausap siya
ng kanyang pamangkin na si
Aga Muhlach dahil sa patuloy
niyang pagbubusa ng kanyang
sama ng loob.
Agad namang nagpatutsada
sa social media ang panganay
na anak nina Albert at Liezl na
si Alyanna tungkol sa sinong
nagsasabi ng totoo, idinagdag
pa nito na “Love and respect is
earned, not a right”, na alam
ng mga nakabasa ay ang
kanyang
lola
ang
pinatutungkulan.
Hindi ito pinalampas ng lola
na naging sunod-sunod ang
mga panunumbat sa kanyang
social
media
accounts.
Diumano, hinahayaan lang ni
Albert ang pambabastos ng
kanyang mga anak na si
Alyanna at Alfonso, dahil siya
mismo ay hindi makapagsalita
dahil sa pinoprotektahan
nitong imahe bilang aktor, na
siya ay mabuting asawa at
ama. Inihalintulad pa niya ang
pamilya nito kina Carmina at
Zoren Legaspi, (na isang
wholesome family), kaya
maraming
product
endorsements, samantalang
sila ay wala.
Dalawang araw bago
namatay si Liezl ay tinawagan
daw siya ni Albert at
humihingi ng 5 milyon,
hanggang sampung milyon,
pero hindi raw siya pumayag.
Sinabihan daw niya ito na para
sa kanila lang ni Liezl ang pera
niya, dahil siya daw ay hindi
nakikialam kung paano nila
ginagastos ang kanilang pera.
Inilahad din niya na dalawang
beses daw tumawag sa kanya
ang ama ni Liezl at ipinaalala
ang hinihinging 1.5 milyong
piso ni Albert. Sinabi rin niya
na ilang araw lang bago
namatay si Liezl ay binigyan
niya ito ng 2 milyong piso, na
lingid sa kaalaman ni Albert.
Kaya ngayong hindi na raw
siya itinuturing na pamilya ay
pinababawi niya ang halagang
ito sa kanyang abogado.
Nauna rito, sinabi rin niya
na pinuntahan siya dati ni
Alyanna at nanghihingi ng 4
na milyong piso para daw sa
titirhan nilang condominium
ng kanyang boyfriend, pero
hindi niya napagbigyan.
Nadamay din sa galit ng
aktres si Coney Reyes, na
kilala bilang aktibong Born
Again Christian dahil sa pagtetake over nito sa seremonya sa
crematorium pagkatapos ng
Catholic rites, dahil ito raw ay
inihabilin ni Liezl bago siya
pumanaw. Hinahanapan ni
Amalia si Coney ng katibayan
kung totoong nakasaad ito sa
Last Will & Testament ng
kanyang anak, at hindi gawa-
Si Liezl (gitna) at ang pamilyang kanyang iniwan.
gawa lamang. Naungkat din
niya ang naging nakaraan ni
Coney na nagkaroon ng
kaugnayan at anak kay Vic
Sotto noon.
Sa umpisa pa lang ng
relasyon nina Liezl at Albert,
na una at huling naka-relasyon
nito, tinutulan na ito nang
husto ni Amalia. Maraming
masasakit na salita ang inabot
ng aktor dito, pero wala ring
nagawa si Amalia nang
magtanan ang dalawa sa
Amerika, noong 18 years old
pa lang si Liezl. Ipinaglaban
ng dalawa ang kanilang pagiibigan at napilitang kumayod
nang husto si Albert para lang
buhayin ang kanyang pamilya.
Si Liezl ay pumanaw sa
edad na 47 noong March 14,
2015, matapos ang halos
walong taong pakikipaglaban
sa sakit na cancer.
MANNY, NANGUNA SA
2013 TOP 500
TAXPAYERS
Nanguna
si
Manny
Pacquiao sa listahan ng Top
500 Individual Taxpayers
noong 2013 sa binayaran
niyang
buwis
na
Php163,841,863. Tinalo niya
ang dating top taxpayer na si
Kris Aquino na ngayon ay
nasa pang-labing anim na
puwesto na lamang.
Ang iba pang mga celebrity
na kabilang sa top 500 ay ang
mga sumusunod: (14) Piolo
Pascual - Php42, 533,158,
(15) John Lloyd Cruz –
Php41,976,592, (16) Kris
Aquino - Php41,976,592,
(19) Sharon Cuneta –
Php39,049,235, (20) Willie
Revillame – Php 38,305,824,
(36)
Anne
Curtis
Php28,237,190, (44) Judy
Ann Santos - Php24,322,824,
(52)
Coco
Martin
Php22,493,825, (53) Vic
Sotto - Php22,409,591, (93)
Michael V - Php17,011,522,
(99) Sarah Geronimo Php16,124,644,
(101)
Dingdong
Dantes
Php15,732,757, (105) Bea
Alonzo – Php 15,480,048,
(121) Charo Santos-Concio Php14,569, 807, (126). Boy
Pacquiao
Abunda - Php14,188,864,
(147) Ogie Alcasid Php13,267,455, (157) Derek
Ramsay - Php12,736,337,
(180) Angelica Panganiban Php12,073,788, (190) Robin
Padilla - Php11,840,456,
(205)
Kim
Chiu
Php11,326,079, (237) KC
Concepcion - Php10,397,528,
(253) Toni Gonzaga Php9,951,372, (261) Angel
Locsin - Php9,788,026, (310)
Luis
Manzano
Php8,857,810, (317) Ai-Ai
delas Alas - Php8,718,582,
(380) Jessica Soho – Php
7,551,552, ( 396) Mel
Tiangco – Php 7,389,077,
(455) Bong Revilla – Php
6,704,403, at (500) Vhong
Navarro – Php6,467,252.
CONCERT NI VICE,
BAWAL ANG BATA
Magkakaroon uli ng concert
si Vice Ganda sa Araneta
Coliseum sa May 22, na
pinamagatang
“GandangGanda Sa Sarili sa Araneta: Eh
Di Wow! (VGGSS ) Ito ay
rated PG, na ang ibig sabihin
ay 13 yrs old pataas lang ang
pwedeng makapanood. Gusto
raw kasi ng sikat na
komedyante na itodo niya ang
kanyang pagpapatawa, na
hindi karaniwang napapanood
sa kanyang TV show na It’s
Showtime at Magandang
Gabi, Vice, na maraming
bawal. Kahit marami siyang
mga batang fans, mas marami
pa rin ang matured fans niya,
na siyang target niya sa
kanyang susunod na concert.
Ang tatlong nagdaang
concerts na May Nag- Text..
Yung Totoo: Vice Ganda sa
Araneta,
(2011),
The
Unkabogable Concert (2012),
at I-Vice Ganda Mo ‘Ko,
(2013) at ni Vice sa Araneta ay
pawang kumita ng husto at
nagtala ng record bilang
highest earning concert sa
Araneta noong 2013. Naging
kontrobersyal ang huli niyang
concert dahil sa mga
celebrities na ginawa niyang
katawa-tawa, lalo na si Jessica
Soho, na isang respetadong
broadcast journalist, at si
Senator Nancy Binay.
Naging tatak na ng mga
komedyanteng
naging
produkto ng mga comedy bars
gaya ni Vice ang paggagaya at
pang-iinsulto sa celebrities at
maging sa kanilang audience
para lang makapagpatawa,
bagamat madalas ay may
napipikon din.
Umangat siya nang husto
dahil naging mahusay siyang
host sa mga iba’t ibang events
na kanyang napupuntahan, at
kung saan- saang lugar siya
naiimbitahan. Naging suki rin
siya sa mga palabas sa Chater
Garden dito sa Hong Kong
noong hindi pa siya gaanong
kilala. Sa dami ng lugar na
napuntahan na niya sa buong
Pilipinas at maging sa ibat
ibang bahagi ng mundo, hindi
kataka-taka na marami ang
nakakakilala
sa
kanya.
Madami na rin ang kanyang
fans kaya mataas ang rating ng
kanyang mga TV show, at ang
mga pelikula naman niya ay
laging certified blockbusters.
Dahil dito ay isa na siya
ngayon sa itinuturing na
pinakamayaman sa showbiz.
Noong nakaraang taon ay
hindi siya nakapag-concert sa
Araneta dahil naging abala
siya sa concert tours sa mga
Filipino communities sa ibang
bansa dahil mas malaki raw
ang kinikita niya doon. Bukod
dito, naging abala rin siya
kanyang TV shows at sa ABS
CBN at sa pelikulang Praybeyt
Benjamin 2, na naging top
grosser sa nakaraang Metro
Manila Film Festival.
MGA BATANG ARTISTA,
NAG-GRADUATE
Ang buwan ng Marso ay
hudyat ng pagsisimula ng
bakasyon para sa mga magaaral sa Pilipinas, at panahon
din ng graduation. Ilang
kabataang artista ang nagsikap
na makapagtapos ng kanilang
pag-aaral sa high school, sa
kabila ng pagiging abala rin sa
pagtatrabaho bilang mga
artista.
Kabilang sa 2015 graduates
ay ang mga Kapamilya actors
na sina Sofia Andres (ADT
Montessori), Julia Baretto, (St
Paul’s College, Pasig City),
Julian Emilio Estrada, na anak
ni Sen. Jinggoy Estrada (OB
Montessori), Miles Ocampo
(OB Montessori), Sharlene
San Pedro (His Sanctuary), at
Liza Soberano ( St. Patrick’s
School). Nag-graduate na rin
ang mga Kapuso stars na sina
Miguel Tanfelix (Cavite
School of Life), Gabbi Garcia
(St. Paul’s
Pasig), Jake
Vargas (New Cabalen High
School, Subic), at Ruru
Madrid (National Christian
Life College).
Nagtapos din ng high school
ang anak ni Vhong Navarro na
si Fredriek (OB Montessori),
at ang anak nina Cong. Lani
Mercado at Sen, Bong Revilla
na si Ma. Fraznel Loudette
Bautista (La Salle, Zobel).
Hindi pinayagang lumabas ng
Sandiganbayan si Bong, na
kasalukuyang naka -detine sa
PNP Custodial Center dahil sa
kasong plunder, na makaattend sa
graduation ng
kanyang anak.
WILLIE, BALIK TV
Matapos ang ilang buwan ay
natapos na rin ang mga hakahaka kung magbabalik-TV si
Willie
Revillame
nang
pumirma siya ng airtime
agreement contract sa GMA
Network noong March 20, na
dinaluhan ng mga top
executives nito.
Ang bagong programa ni
Willie
ay
tatawaging
“WowowWin” at ipapalabas
tuwing Linggo ng hapon,
simula sa April 26. Inaasahang
ang magiging format nito ay
tulad din ng dati niyang
programa sa ABS CBN na
“Wowowee” ( kung saan siya
nakilala at yumaman ng husto)
at “Wowowwillie” sa TV5.
Si Willie ay nagsimula
bilang alalay o isa sa mga
“hawi” boys ni Randy
Santiago (na ngayon ay
director niya sa bago nilang
show), na isa sa mga hosts ng
“Lunch Date” noon time show
ng Channel 7. Nagkaroon siya
ng break nang mabigyan siya
ng pagkakataon na maging TV
host at komedyante na rin.
Bagamat sikat, ilang beses
na nasuspinde sa ere si Willie
dahil sa mga bastos niyang
biro, at sa bandang huli ay
nawalan na ng show nang
tuluyan dahil sa pagiging
arogante. Sa kabila nito,
marami
pa
rin
ang
napapaniwala
niya
na
tumutulong siya sa mahihirap
dahil sa ipinamimigay niyang
malaking
papremyo
at
“jackets”.
Balitang sina Joey de Leon
at Mike Enriquez ang naging
tulay ni Willie para makabalik
siya sa Siyete. Hiniling din
daw ni Willie sa management
na si Jennylyn Mercado ang
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Ni Ate Johna
DAGA. Isinilang noong 1924/
36/48/60/72/84/96
Kailangan ng ibayong pagiingat upang maiwasan ang
matinding kapahamakan.
Pagbutihin ang pakikitungo sa
ibang tao at huwag ibuhos ang
lahat ng tiwala sa kapwa lalo
na sa mga bagong kakilala.
Pag-aralang mabuti ang
sitwasyon
bago
makipagsapalaran upang hindi
masayang ang oras at pagod.
Siguraduhin
na
may
masasandalan sa oras ng
pangangailangan. Bigyang
halaga ang mga munting bagay
na natatanggap mula sa mga
miyembro ng pamilya upang
laging matiwasay ang samahan
sa loob ng tahanan.
BAKA. Isinilang noong 1925/
37/49/61/73/85/97
May posibilidad na maloko ng
isang impostor pero huwag
mabahala dahil makakabawi
ka rin sa ibang pagkakataon.
Malakas ang tsansa na
makapasok
sa
isang
magandang transaksyon kaya
ihanda ang sarili para
maalagaan nang maayos ang
pinaghirapan. Marami ang nais
na makipag-kaibigan sa iyo
dahil sa iyong magandang
pakikitungo sa kapwa.
isulong ang sariling interes.
Anumang alinlangan at
pagdududa ay mapapawi kung
uugaliing ibaling ang atensyon
sa mga makabuluhang gawain.
Magkakaroon ng pagbabago
sa loob ng tahanan dahil
magkakaroon ng bagong
miyembro ng pamilya.
Makikilala ang taong maaring
makakapagbago ng iyong
pananaw sa buhay.
.
DRAGON Isinilang noong
1928/40/52/64/76/88
TIGRE Isinilang noong 1926/
38/50/62/74/86 at 98
Masaya at masigla ang pasok
ng linggong ito kaya malaki
ang tiwala na makakamit ang
anumang balak gawin.
Kailangan ng mga taong
nakapalibot ang iyong
mahusay na payo. Laging
ilagay ang sarili sa sitwasyon
ng ibang tao para hindi
tuluyang lumayo ang mga
malalapit na kaibigan.
Kumplikado ang buhay pagibig at maaring mauwi sa
hiwalayan.
Makakabawi
mula
sa
nawalang tiwala sa sarili. Sarisaring puna ang maririnig mula
sa ibang tao pero bukas palad
pa rin na tatanggapin ang
pagbabago sa iyong buhay.
Aani ng tagumpay ang
proyektong matagal nang
inaalagaan. Malaki ang
pangangailangan sa pera at
maraming balakid sa mga
plano pero huwag mag-alala
dahil abot kamay na ang pagasa. Hanggat maari ay harapin
ang mga importanteng
diskusyon
dahil
dito
mahuhubog ang tunay na
kakayahan.
KUNEHO Isinilang noong
1927/39/51/63/75/87
Panahon na para pagtuunan ng Madaling umani ng tagumpay
pansin ang plano sa buhay. lalo na kung matututong
AHAS Isinilang noong 1929/
41/53/65/77/89
May mga pagbabago sa
pamilya at sa trabaho na
kailangan harapin. Huwag
mag-atubiling humingi ng payo
mula
sa
mga
mapagkakatiwalang
tao.
Matindi ang paniwala na
kayang-kaya mong buhatin ang
bundok pero laging isipin na
kailangan mo ng ibayong pagiingat sa anumang sitwasyon
upang hindi mapahamak.
Kailangang malaman ang
sariling kakayahan para alam
kung anong landas ang
tatahakin.
KABAYO. Isinilang noong
1930/42/54/66/78/90
ang buong daigdig dahil
walang humpay ang dating ng
mga problema. Malaking gulo
ang
dulot
ng
hindi
pagkakaunawaan ng isang
kasamahan sa trabaho.
Masalimuot ang paligid sa
pamilya lalong lalo na sa
relasyon ng mag-asawa.
Maglaan ng oras para tulungan
ang anak sa takdang aralin nito.
UNGGOY. Isinilang noong
1920/32/44/56/68/80/92
Magandangpagkakataon para
lumabas at makihalubilo sa
mga kaibigan lalo na ang mga
walang asawa. Magkakaroon
ng lakas ng loob na seryosohin
ang paghahanap ng soulmate.
May namumuong gusot ang
mga mag-asawa dahil sa pera.
Higpitan ang sinturon at
tiyakin na gumastos lang sa
mga bagay na sadyang
kailangan.
Normal na lilipas ang linggong
ito basta huwag lang gumawa
ng
eksena.
Posibleng
makaranas ng sakit sa sikmura
dahil sa biglang pagbago ng
panahon. Maaayos ang
matinding hidwaan ng mga
kaibigan at matiwasay ang
relasyon ng bawat isa sa loob
ng tahanan. Mag-ingat sa paginom ng mga gamot na TANDANG. Isinilang noong
1921/33/45/57/69/81/93
pampapayat.
Maglaan ng maraming oras
upang makapagpahinga ng
husto. Gawin ang lahat ng
KAMBING. Isinilang noong
makakaya
upang
1919/31/43/55/67/79 at 91
Pakiramdam mo ay pasan mo mapagtagumpayan ang lahat
ng mga problema. Kailangan
ng ibayong lakas ng loob para
manatiling
nakatayo
pagkatapos ng malakas na
bagyo.
Mag-umpisang
mangarap para sa mas
makulay na kinabukasan.
ASO. Isinilang noong 1922/34/
46/58/70/82/94
Mangingibabaw ang usapin sa
pag-ibig maging sa mga taong
subsob
sa
trabaho.
Pansamantalang isantabi ang
pansariling interes para
matulungan ang kaibigan na
makaahon mula sa malalim na
pagkakalugmok. Maganda ang
pasok ng pera kaya maaring
matupad ang inaasam-asam na
bakasyon.
BABOY. Isinilang noong
1923/35/47/59/71/83/95
Mapapakinabangan ang iyong
pagiging malikhain lalo na sa
ginagawang
proyekto.
Matinding gusot ang yayanig
sa relasyon ng mag-asawa.
Kaunting tiyaga ang kailangan
ng mga walang asawa dahil
darating din ang hinihintay sa
tamang panahon. Iwasan ang
gumastos sa mga bagay na
hindi kailangan para hindi
mabaon sa utang.