Filipino Reporter back issues from March 2003:
SUGAR & SPICE; CFSI appeals to Pinoy expats
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 With thousands of Filipinos forced to flee their homes by the continuous armed conflict in Mindanao, the Philippine-based social development organization Community and Family Services International (CFSI) is appealing to all Filipino expatriates ...
'Viva Hot Babes' Viva's latest bold act
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Viva Entertainment is on a bold rampage. The dream factory known for its light comedies and occasional "prestige films," (think Nick Joaquin's "Tatarin") has concentrated on the bold genre of late and is clearly winning. Viva's latest ...
Is Kris misleading public to stay in the limelight?
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Kris Aquino's controversial love life continues to intrigue the public not exactly because it cares (it has become tiring hearing her teary confesions) but rather because Kris herself is misleading people with deliberately confusing ...
ALL ABOUT ARTS; 2nd annual concerto
Mar 06, 2003; ... Abalos, Marilyn Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 THE Children's Orchestra Society's Young Symphonic Ensemble (YSE) will present "Concerto Extravaganza!" at Landmark on Main Street, Port Washington, on March 9 (4 p.m.). This 2nd annual celebration of the concerto features ...
R.P. faces uphill battle to save Banaue Terraces
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 They are starkly embossed on peso bills and are a major tourist attraction, and yet the spectacular rice terraces in this province have been taken for granted by Filipinos. Spanning 20,000 hectares along the Cordillera mountain range, ...
All men, good and bad, will return to the Creator
Mar 06, 2003; ... Isidro, Leny Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Sept. 11, 2001, one beautiful morning, the Twin Towers with living people working, two passenger jet planes with living people hoping to reach their destination ...Boom! The first jet plane hit one of the towers. Living people run in ...
Boholanos to hold 3 major events in R.P.
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Bernardo C. Mag-aso, president of the Confederation of Boholanos in the USA and Canada (CONBUSAC), is calling on all expatriate Boholanos to visit their home province in the Philippines and participate in a historic gathering for three major ...
Mabuhay wins PAL Friendship trophy
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Mabuhay Golf Club of San Francisco, California, armed with a footnote of history, won the Friendship Division Saturday in the 17th PAL Seniors Interclub here. Hector Montes, son of 13-time Philippine Open champion Larry Montes, ...
Canillo keeps Pasig River 42K crown with ease
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 National athletics team member Crisanto Canillo Jr. made one big, sweeping turn past his rivals at the foot of the Makati-Mandaluyong Bridge and never looked back from there on the way to successfully defending the men's 42-kilometer title ...
Sinfuego repeats as Casas folds up anew
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Richard Sinfuego truly knows how to handle pressure, which he showed again last Friday. In a virtual repeat of their duel at The Orchard last week, Sinfuego nipped Cassius Casas by one stroke with a closing one-under par 71, winning ...
NJ Truckers drive past Saints in OT, 54-53; SIPAG gets by Warriors, 69-58
Mar 06, 2003; ... Albano, Leia A. Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Week four of the New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) featured a close game between the NJ Truckers and Saints last Sunday at the McKee/Staten Island Tech gym at Allison Avenue. It was a nailbiter contest from start to ...
DATELINE MANILA; Atienza redevelops Roxas Boulevard
Mar 06, 2003; ... Alejandro, Ronnie Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Ah, this Lito Atienza ...he never ceases to be so controversial ...His detractors have been annoying him on the Pandacan oil depots (where he forced the oil companies Shell, Petron and Caltex to start a phase of their Pandacan ...
POTPOURRI; Trans fats worse than tropical oils
Mar 06, 2003; ... Sibal, Meg Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 THE "great fats debate" in the late 1980s generated much hysteria over poorly substantiated claims that tropical oils (coconut oil, palm kernel oil and palm oil) were detrimental to health, because they are high in saturated ...
PIECE OF CAKE; Patriot Act II to give gov't broader powers
Mar 06, 2003; ... Campo, Antonio C. Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 "In time of war, actual or threatened, they (judges) have repeatedly abdicated their function, bowing to claims of national security." - Anthony Lewis, New York Times column of Feb. 24, 2003 captioned "Marbury v. Madison v ....
GOVERNOR'S MEMO; 5 bldgs. to get tax breaks under incentive program
Mar 06, 2003; ... Pataki, George E. Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 LAST week, I announced the selection of five buildings that will be eligible to receive tax breaks under New York State's Green Building Tax Credit program, the nation's first tax incentive program for the design, construction ...
FELINA SPEAKS; Bush-Saddam debate? No way
Mar 06, 2003; ... Saguil, Felina Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 WHAT? Saddam challenged Li'l Bushie to a debate? The comedy writers in Hollywood must be angry. How did Hussein come up with this idea before they did? But - wait a minute, wise guys. Listen to Tita Feling: How can ...
ON MY OWN; Vietnam revisited after over 3-decade absence
Mar 06, 2003; ... Pelayo, Libertito Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 NEARLY 37 years ago. The Manila Times sent us to Vietnam as a young correspondent to cover the Philippine Civic Action Group (Philcag) which was dispatched by the Philippine Government to help in construction projects in Tay ...
THE MAYOR'S CORNER; City goes after felony probation violators
Mar 06, 2003; ... Bloomberg, Michael R. Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 NEW York's standing as the safest city in the nation stems from focusing on problem people and problem places - concentrating our crime-fighting resources where they'll have the biggest impact. Recently, we started to ...
ALL ABOUT ARTS; 2 Fil-Am actors cast in 'Empress'
Mar 13, 2003; ... Abalos, Marilyn Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 PAN Asian Repertory Theatre, New York's oldest Asian-American theater company, will present "Empress of China" beginning March 12 to April 9 at the West End Theatre in the Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew on West ...
Spirit of Brazil and Manila at Town Hall
Mar 13, 2003; ... Lannert, John Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 Grammy award-winning Sergio Mendes & Brasil 2003 will be presented by Re-Al Entertainment in The Spirit of Brazil and Manila on April 26 at the Town Hall (1213 West 43rd Street, NYC. With special performances by Tichie Sarabia, ...
Bernardo Bernardo's amazing talents
Mar 13, 2003; ... Dietz, Lorna Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 For the past 10 years, Bernardo Bernardo has been popularly known as a comedian in the highly-rated Philippine TV series "Home Along The Riles," playing the arch-nemesis of Dolphy - the legendary Charlie Chaplin of ...
THE MAYOR'S CORNER; Sanitation Dep't comes through in major blizzard
Mar 13, 2003; ... Bloomberg, Michael R. Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 THE blizzard that hit New York City on President's Day weekend intensified quickly. Just the day before the storm struck, snow was in the forecast. But the prediction was for nothing like the nearly two feet of snow ...
The Balikatan ruckus
Mar 13, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 REPORTS ARE RIFE that the Philippines-United States Balikatan 2003-01 joint military maneuvers may be delayed or be shifted to places other than the Abu Sayyaf-infested Sulu. This uncertainty and the arduous search for a solution mutually ...
Resolve AMLA row
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 THERE ARE VALID concerns, pro and con, over the Anti-Money Laundering Law (AMLA) that now occupy legislators in Manila and to which the eyes of overseas Filipinos are now focused. Apparently because of reports that the Philippines was a ...
MANILA MAIL; Bush's war becoming a liability for GMA?
Mar 06, 2003; ... Pascual, Federico D. Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 SHADOW PLAY: If you're confused or have grown cynical of the on-and-off "peace talks" in the Netherlands between the Philippine Government and the National Democratic Front, the following item will help you understand what's ...
IMMIGRATION CORNER; 2nd pref dates move 3-6 weeks
Mar 06, 2003; ... Gurfinkel, Michael J. Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 THE priority dates for family-based Second Preference categories (petitions by green card holders) continued to move forward, but petitions by U.S. citizens did not move, as shown in the monthly Visa Bulletin for March ...
Mayor Cunningham leads inauguration of ABS-CBN International's N.J. office
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Mayor Glenn Cunningham led the inauguration on Feb. 22 of the New Jersey office of ABS-CBN International, the first network in Asia to deliver its programming outside the Philippines 24 hours a day. The mayor was joined by ABS-CBN Marketing ...
Dakudao to head Philippine tourism office in Toronto
Mar 06, 2003; ... Aquino, Rudy Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Philippine Tourism Director Catalina Dakudao bade farewell to the members of the Alliance of Philippine Travel Agencies (APTA), who hosted a luncheon last Feb. 3, at the Re Sette Restaurant on Fifth Avenue, and an elite group of ...
FOCUS@HEALTH; Some patients don't show TB symptoms
Mar 06, 2003; ... Chua, Philip S. Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 FOLLOWING are some answers to reader's questions. If I am not coughing, does it mean I do not have lung tuberculosis? No. Pulmonary Tuberculosis does not always present itself with a cough. While cough is the most common ...
Clear focus helps dreams come true
Mar 06, 2003; ... Francisco, Alice N. Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 The universe delivers according to what you order. It can as easily create big as it can create small. Your thoughts and desires are actual realities that design the very fabric texture and dimensions of your experience ....
Filipina girl loses battle with rare case of lymphoma, 20
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Beverleigh G. Balazuela, a young Filipina from Brooklyn, lost her long battle with a rare case of lymphoma on Feb. 25, her 20th birthday, at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She died waiting for her only hope to survive - her ...
Fil-Am producer's 3 works get Emmy nod
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 "Secrets of the Philippines," a WNBC coverage examining the U.S. military's role in the continuing battle of the Philippine Government against the homegrown terrorist group Abu Sayyaf in Mindanao, and "Bataan Death March," were both nominated ...
Evac plans for Pinoys in Middle East complete
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Amid mounting anxieties over the looming U.S.-led strike against Iraq, Philippine officials assured that they have identified almost all of the estimated 60,000 Filipinos in Kuwait who may be directly affected if Iraq stages a counterstrike on ...
Wage cut hits HK Filipino maids in April
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Some 150,000 Filipino domestic helpers in Hong Kong will have to brace for a HK$400 wage cut after authorities in the autonomous Chinese territory announced a new tax scheme would take effect by April. Senate President Franklin Drilon made ...
All or nothing, 700 workers warn Luisita
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 More than 700 strikers belonging to the Central Azucarera de Tarlac Labor Union (CATLU) have warned management to grant all their demands or face harsh implications, including a "civil war." The term "civil war" was used by Ric Ramos, CATLU ...
Remittances face delays
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Arlene Afable endures overzealous drunks and constant sexual propositions as a dancer in Japan so she can send money home to her family in the Philippines. But she worries her hard-earned wages could face costly delays if the Philippines ...
SOTTO SPEAKS; Senate seen spoiling for '03 budget showdown
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 The 2003 national budget might end up in tatters if House and Senate leaders make good the threats and counter threats they have been hurling at each other. The Senate seems to be the body spoiling for a showdown with their ...
Jimenez out of jail; to be arraigned 3/11
Mar 06, 2003; ... Lariosa, Joseph G. Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Manila Rep. Mark B. Jimenez was released Feb. 25 after nearly two months of detention in Miami, after the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) lifted his detainer, his jubilant lawyer informed this ...
Imee willing to apologize for Marcos atrocities
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Ilocos Norte Rep. Imee Marcos said she is willing to apologize for the atrocities committed during the 20-year rule of her late father, former President Ferdinand Marcos. Marcos said she has been willing to put a closure on the sensitive ...
Aquinos not keen on slay case retrial
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 The Aquino family is lukewarm to the idea of a retrial to uncover the brains behind the twin slaying of former Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. and his supposed assassin Rolando Galman. "Everybody is after the truth. For its sake, if there is ...
People Power anniversary on Edsa sparsely attended; Ramos annoyed
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Imagine a celebration of People Power I without people. The sparse attendance at Tuesday's 17th anniversary of the 1986 civilian-backed revolt that toppled the strongman Ferdinand Marcos was so obvious that reporters covering the activities ...
'Lady in Red' also a hit as Asian leader
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Instead of facing isolation as predicted by her critics. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo turned out to be the "fashion icon" of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit here in Malaysia for choosing to break convention and showing up in the ...
Peace talks on despite threat by chairman
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Despite the "total war" order supposedly issued by Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chairman Hashim Salamat, the government will still proceed with peace negotiations with the separatist rebels, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process ...
Salamat's radio message to followers: 'All with firearms must fight till death'
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Two weeks after a military offensive drove him out of Buliok complex in Central Mindanao, Hashim Salamat surfaced on Monday night with a radio message to his followers: "Fight till death." The chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front ...
De Castro to be feted by N.J. Fil-Am doctors
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Leticia V. de Castro, M.D. will be feted at a testimonial dinner to be given by the Philippine-American Medical Society of New Jersey and its Auxiliary and Foundation. The formal event will be held on March 8 at 7 p.m. at The ...
Palace threat on Balikatan gets mixed reactions from lawmakers
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Lawmakers are divided over pronouncements by Malacaang to call off the Balikatan in Sulu if the United States insists that its troops take part in combat missions against the Abu Sayyaf. Rep. Prospero Pichay (Surigao del Sur), chair of the ...
R.P. seeks to extend open skies deferment
Mar 06, 2003; ... Andrei, Mercedes Tira Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 The Philippines is not yet ready to fully open its skies to United States aviation traffic. It is seeking a 15-year deferment of the full open skies agreement it signed with the U.S. in 1982. First deferred in 1995, the ...
'Important progress' on RP-US air pact
Mar 06, 2003; ... Europa, Prudencio R. Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 "Important progress on a broad range of aviation issues" was achieved at the two-day Philippines-United States air consultation talks in Washington. This was reported by Undersecretary Arturo D. Valdez on his return from ...
Congress kills alien protection measure
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 A measure that would have prevented the deportation of spouses and children of Sept. 11 victims for at least a year was dropped from a bill recently passed by Congress. The amendment, sponsored by Senators Jon S. Corzine (D-N.J.) and ...
Fil-Am lawyer arrested in SF
Mar 06, 2003; ... Lariosa, Joseph G. Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 A prominent Filipino-American lawyer and an active community leader based in San Francisco has filed a $250,000 discrimination claim against the City and County of San Francisco after he was arrested by police on suspicion ...
Fil butler, housekeeper accused of stealing from wealthy heiress
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has filed felony charges against the Filipino butler and housekeeper of a media baron's daughter who accused the husband and wife duo of stealing cash and jewelry from her upper East Side townhouse, the ...
Fil-Am holds NAACP purse string
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Lito D. Pernia may be well-known among Filipino-Americans in Bergen County, N.J. for his active community leadership as overall chairman of the 2003 Filipino Heritage Fair Committee and president of the Filipino American Association of ...
R.P. may put American troop deployment on hold
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 Unless the exact role of U.S. forces can be determined, Defense secretary Angelo Reyes would rather put their deployment in Sulu on hold. Americans cannot engage in "offensive combat operations" on Philippine soil, Reyes told a news ...
Filipino doctor Reebok awardee
Mar 06, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-06-2003 A young and courageous Filipino physician and human rights activist who risks his life providing emergency medical cure for thousands of refugees caught in the middle of armed conflict in Mindanao has been named as one of the recipients of the ...
MANILA MAIL; Agile: Case of either rape or prostitution
Mar 13, 2003; ... Pascual, Federico D. Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 OPEN DOOR TO AID: Chronic lack of funds and managerial incompetence in the bureaucracy were the keys that opened the door for the US AID, oozing with millions of dollars, to come in and influence government policy on ...
FOCUS@HEALTH; Insomnia afflicts roughly 10% of U.S. population
Mar 13, 2003; ... Chua, Philip S. Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 INSOMNIA is the theme for this week's column installment. What is insomnia? Insomnia is a condition where a person has difficulty falling asleep or in staying asleep, or has a disturbed sleep patterns causing inadequate ...
IMMIGRATION CORNER; Goodbye, INS; hello, BCIS
Mar 13, 2003; ... Gurfinkel, Michael J. Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 AS of March 1, 2003, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) will cease to exist. In its place, there will be three separate (and newly-created) bureaus, which will be under the umbrella of the new Department of ...
Bautista president of PACBC
Mar 13, 2003; ... Tieng, Joseph V. Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 Dr. Nestor R. Bautista has officially assumed the presidency of the Philippine American Community of Bergen County, Inc. (PACBC), succeeding Dr. Rollie Aquino. Bautista and the new officers and board members were inducted ...
Jusi specialist named parade designer
Mar 13, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 A Philippine-based jusi specialist will be the official designer of the traditional costumes that will be used by all participants at the annual grand parade of the Philippine Independence Celebration Committee (PICC) scheduled on June 1 on ...
22 pyramid firms tagged
Mar 13, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is looking into the activities of 22 companies suspected of pyramiding schemes. DTI Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II urged the public to refrain from doing business with companies employing chain ...
Bar topnotcher breaks 66-year record at UST
Mar 13, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 In topping the 2002 bar examinations, 25-year-old Arlene Maneja of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law broke a 66-year record held by former President Diosdado Macapagal. The latter obtained a grade of 89.85 while Maneja ...
R.P. population may double in 35 years
Mar 13, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 Rosemarie Manalo shoos away a fly that slipped through the gaping hole in her infant son's mosquito net. In her other arm, she carries her sleeping 3-year-old daughter inside their tiny shanty along a Manila roadside. "Before I had my baby, ...
Tourist arrivals up by 13.2%
Mar 13, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 Tourist arrivals grew by 13.2 percent last month, based on government data released Wednesday. The number of visitors last January grew to 175,728 from 155,294 the same month in 2001. Visitors from East Asia, which groups China, Hong Kong, ...
Ash Wednesday ushers Lent
Mar 13, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 The Catholic Church begins the Lenten season Wednesday by dabbing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful as a reminder of their mortality and the need to repent for their sins. Catholic faithful are also urged to offer prayers for peace, ...
P54.85-$1 lowest level in history
Mar 13, 2003 ... Filipino Reporter 03-13-2003 The peso closed at its lowest level in history as financial markets succumbed to the twin threats of a Middle East war and resurgent terrorist violence in Mindanao. Trading at the Philippine Dealing System ended with the peso dropping ...