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 Parent-teen communicationabout sex and sexuality
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PHILIPPINE NEWSSERVICE -- THE govern-ment brushed aside fears for 
a ashpoint over the “stem of  protest” from China over theratication by the PhilippineCongress of the ArchipelagicBaselines as it stands by it.Press Secretary Cerge Re
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monde said that the Philippinegovernment is leaving the
issue to the United Nations
to resolve the disputes over the Kalayaan group of islandand Scarborough Shoal as heassured that President GloriaMacapagal-Arroyo will sign itinto20law.Beijing claims the ratied bill violates its “indisputablesovereignty” over the two ter 
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ritories, which was dened asa “regime of islands under theRepublic of the Philippines” by the Philippine Congress.This means that, althoughnot included within the coun
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try’s territory, the Philippinescontinues to lay claim to theseareas.“The reaction of China isnot surprising. After all, theyare a claimant also of longstanding. That is why we needthe baselines bill to meet the
UNCLOS [United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea] deadline,” Remondesaid.“It will be then up to
the UN [United Nations] to
resolve the issue,” Remondesaid in a text =2 0 message.
Under the UNCLOS, mem-
 ber-countries of the UN haveuntil May 2009 to dene their  baselines or territorial waters.The Philippines, China,and Taiwan claim ownershipof Scarborough Shoal in theSouth China Sea.These countries, as wellas Vietnam, Malaysia andBrunei also lay claim to all or  part of the reportedly oil-richSpratlys.All claimants, except for Taiwan, are signatories to aCode of Conduct that preventsthe buildup of military forcesin the Spratlys.The Armed Forces of thePhilippines (AFP) has around
Let UN resolve RP baseline issue - gov’t
GMA AT DAPITAN PORT FOR RORO
- Philippine President GloriaMacapagal Arroyo waves to RO-RO passengers who boarded the Monte-negro Lines’ M/V Maria Erlinda bound for Dumaguete City during send-off and inspection ceremonies of the western portion of the Strong Re- public Nautical Highway in Dapitan Port, Dapitan City, Zamboanga del  Norte. CHARLIE OLILA/PCPO/ PNS 
Beautiful Philippines
Sta. Cruz, Dalaguete, Cebu. Photo by Ferdinand Edralin.
The Good Balita
Filipino nurse Ed Torressaved the life of a fellow pas
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senger on a ight back from Mexicoto Manchester inBritain.The 30 year-old, a nurse atStepping HillsHospital in Stock 
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 port became an
instant hero for 
helping save thelife of DarrenSmith on ight
TOM 161 from
Mexico, Cancun going back to Manchester.While the plane wastravelling 30,000 feet high,
U-K based Pinoy nursea hero for saving a life
Smith suffered cardiac ar 
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rest, and with the help of theight crew, Torres and Sha
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ron Slater, a former nurse
from Cumbria, attended to
Smith to keep him alive.
The
 SAMAHANG BEDISTA
of San Diego County meets every
1st Friday of the month at the ofce of S&S Travel in National 
City. The members of the group are composed of professionals and businessmen who attended San Beda College Mendiola in the past  years and now residents of California, USA. Photo from left toright: Front row, Jun Abalos, Susan Perez, Esq., Bobby Parlade, JD. Standing from left to right: McKing Alanis, Rogelio (Jojo) Karagdag, Jr., Esq., Tony Ilagan, Rex Javate, Raffy Steve Espal-don, Abdullah (Dabs) Mamao, JD., Odilon (George) Santos, Jose(Totoy) Santillan, Jr., JD, Santi G. Silverio, JD, Orly Dy, and JoseMallari, JD. Not in photo: R.G. Reyes, Vincent Piega, Albert P.Valenzuela, M.D. , Raymund Prieto, Michael Arambulo, Vincent  Buencamino and Will Grant. If you are a Bedan or have attended San Beda College in Manila, please call Santi of LJ Printing/Asian Journal at (619) 474-1878. Photo by McKing Alanis.
Pampanga Gov. Panlilioexpressed alarm over reportsthat Senator Lapid is plan
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ning to “run” for governor of the province again. Hesaid Kapampangan voterswould have to search their consciences and decidewhether they would voteagain for Lapid despite thescams that plagued Lapidrule as governor “ I think it would be a.test of electoralmaturity of Kapampan
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gan. During (Lapid’s) time,the quarry collection of oneyear was only P5 million,P10 million. The highest wasP29 million,” the governor said, “Inour rstyear, wecollected
P234
mil
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lion. So,where’s
the mon-
ey?”
TheGov-ernor 
Panlilio expresses alarm overreports that Senator Lapidmight run again for governor
 Pampanga Gov. PanlilioSenator Lito Lapid 
said his ofcials are stillcomputing the province’slatest earnings from quarryoperations but the lowest for a month was P12 million.It went down from P24million, P23 million a monthto P12 million but it is pick 
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ing up again. Last January(it) was already P15 million,he added.The elder Lapid wascharged at the Sandigan
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 bayan with graft over poor quarry tax collections andirregularities in a land dealthat involved provincialfunds.
 A Filipino American Forum of San Diego County held recently.
February 27 - March 6, 2009
Msgr. Gutierrez
Kalusugan Update
 Lent:First Sunday
Riz A. Oades
‘12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Doto Help Our Country’ Author Alexander  Lacson Comes to National City, March 4th
We at the San
Diego Asian Journal
will be very supportive of this endeavor because it isfor a good and noble cause: the preservation of our own memories to be passed on to our children, grandchildren, the generations to come and the general population. We believe thatin doing so, it would lead to a better understanding of each other. We are condent that wewill be proud of the achievements of the pioneers of San Diego’s Fil-Am Community.By
Simeon G. Silverio, Jr.
 Publisher & Editor 
The San Diego Asian JournalSee page 5
The way we were:
Recording the history of the Filipino American Community of San Diego County
 
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Joseph Roley Arzaga, FIL-AMTRADE & CULTURE EXPO2009 | SAN DIEGO, 02/26/09-- On Wednesday, March 4th, at6:00 p.m., Alexander Lacson,award winning Filipino Poet andAuthor will be in town to talk about his bestselling book, “12Little Things Every Filipino CanDo to Help Our Country”. Mr.Lacson, a Lawyer by profession,will be on hand at the KalusuganCommunity Services in NationalCity to dialogue about how eachand everyone one of us can makea positive difference in our coun-try and everyday lives.On 2004, when the Philippinesannounced they were facing a se-
rious financial crisis, there was a
call for every Filipino to help thecounty. For his part, Mr. Lacsonanswered that call by authoring
‘12 Little Things Every FilipinoCan Do to Help Our Country’ Author Alexander Lacson Comesto National City, March 4th
a simple book that, now in itsninth printing, has come to be a best seller in the Philippines.In high demand for speakingengagements, Mr. Lacson, agraduate from the U.P. Collegeof Law in Diliman, has givenover 850 talks and speechesover the past three years. Weare fortunate to have him come
to National City, “the unofficial
capital of the Philippines, outsideof the Philippines”, for this onenight event. For reservations andmore information, please e-mailinfo@webkalusugan.org or call(619) 477-3392. This event is be-ing brought to you primarily byGawad Kalinga and KalusuganCommunity Services. KalusuganCommunity Services is locatedat 1419 East 8th Street, NationalCity, CA 9195060 soldiers stationed on eightislands in the Spratlys, most of them on Pag-asa Island, where asatellite system was installed in2008.
Foreign affairs officials is
hopeful that the controversywould be peacefully be resolvedas it expressed understanding of the sentiments of China beingone of the claimant countries.The DFA said it is optimisticthat China will respect its inter-national commitment and will be
open to clarifications, dialogues
and consultations with claimantcountries like the Philippines.Deputy presidential20spokes- person Anthony Golez Jr. saidthat the baseline bill is for na-tional interest as our legislatorsconsidered the serious concernsof China under the United Na-tions Convention of the Law of the Sea.Golez said that the bill com- plied with the UNCLOS provi-sions in line with the UN dead-line on May this year.
Let UN resolveRP baselineissue - gov’t
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I understand, the currentadministration’s proposal tochange the Tri-Care for Life
 benefits for military retirees is
in the mill in Washington, DC.
Specifically, Retired Military
is in Article 189. Accordingly,I quote, “if approved by Con-
gress, the first assault wave
would hit the beaches in 2011and would hit hard. It wouldinitiate cost sharing to require
retirees pay the first $525 of 
medical cost and 50% of the
next $4,725 for a first year costof $2,888 per person. It would
 be indexed to increase with in-
flation. A reason given for this
action for PR effect is ‘overuse’ by Retirees.” In a nutshell,this information is not at allfavorable to military retireesto include dependents. In thiseconomic meltdown, this is go-ing to be a big blow well belowour belts which can detonatewith total outburst ripping outour already-torn pockets!Military Retirees, let us wakeup! Be vigilant not to let thishappen. It is time for us todust off and don our uniforms
and relentlessly fight for themedical benefits we earned by
virtue of our dedication, self-
sacrifice and faithful service to
this great country. Let us be
united to fight in a revolution-
ary battle against the rhetori-cal politicians who probablyhave not the slightest idea whatmost of us have been through.I encourage you to write thePresident, your Congressmenand Senators and express your strong opposition to changethe current Tri-care programfor the retirees. Accordingly, Iwill qoute again, “there is evenstrong proposal to eliminate the program.” Your great weapon isyour quill which is effectively powerful than the sword! Donot just write once but manymany times until you run outof ink. You may also call them.Our cry must be extremely loudto be heard that will shake theWashington, D.C. establish-ments. Let’s even be ready touse our own blood to write and
fight until we win this battle
for survival. None of us should be idle! Pass it along to other retirees about our skirmishassault with solid strength andmilitary might! Be ready and be persistent! You’ve been trained
how to fight many battles!
“Let’s roll” shipmates! NOW!Let me share my concern.Like many retired disabledretirees, I often sought medi-cal treatments in Balboa NavalHospital. However, being re-tired, the facility renders its ser-vice with space availability andemergency basis only. Once ayear, I go to the VA for followup medical evaluations for myservice-connected disability.Most often, the two mentionedfacilities cannot accommodateme with my urgent medicalneeds. Therefore, I would goto a civilian medical facility.Fortunately, Tri-care for Lifewould pick up my co-pay andMedicare would pay for therest. Like other enlisted retired,my retainer’s pay is not small but not big either. I earned itwith pride which Uncle Samrecompensed me by virtue of my length of service, doing
“dirty works” and sacrifices.
In view of the current eco-nomic condition plus the
spiraling inflation, I would facefinancial adversity like hitting
a solid brick wall. Addition-ally, my monthly mortgage payment, high energy cost andwater bills along with other essential needs are enormous.Often, I would count my loosechange in cabinet drawers, van-ity counters or trouser’s pocketso I can remit my co-pay with acivilian drug store for my spe-cial hypertension and allergymedications. I am 69 years old.I still work as a part-time musi-cian so I can live comfortably.Well, others may think thatthis new Tri-Care proposalcame to surface perhaps, just anaive political ploy to destroyor seemingly, to taint others. Ihope it is just a pondit’s word. Nevertheless, I want to be fair.Let’s give the new administra-tion the chance to work for itsadvocacy to change. In fact, Iapplaud its efforts to rescue andstimulate the sagging economy,solve the unemployment is-sues, home foreclosures, etc.However, within the economicconceptual graphs, does changemean to include”tinkering” thehard-earned military retirees
Tri-Care benefits? If this is
so, I feel the military is being punished for the fault of othersin a way that the governmentwants to garnish back the givengratitude. I thought this wasUncle Sam’s honorable gesture,a “thank you compensation” for 
“lifer’s” military sacrifices.
Low and Behold! We areshaken! We are under du-ress! When the nation is under duress, we were always there! Now, someone help us please!It is imminent that the unthink-able disaster may happen. Itappears that resource and hopefor change is not going to be athand, the least, for the retired
military. Why tread on us? If 
this negative change happens,it will deliver a potential blowto the entire military commu-nity. This will certainly ignite ashocking spark to the majorityof us who can barely make it.Furthermore, this will trigger amilitary avalanche and retirees’revolt for immediate change.Moreover, this will give anegative message and moraleimpact to those dedicated menand women who are currentlyin harms way. With this, wouldthey be further willing to stay
in?
I realize our nation like othersis confronted with economic
difficulties. In the interim,
as we transcend through thisenormous challenge, let’s work together to pick up the broken pieces thrown and scattered
about the fields. Again, I echo
the “Chief’s word, “Yes, wecan!” Together, let’s pave a
level-playing field through
other alternatives and innova-tions. Let us utilize the mostable thinkers-technocrats whowere hand-picked to excel intheir specialties. And while
we are one diversified peoples
rebuilding our shattered nation,you lead us accordingly Mr.President. Most importantly,your careful review of this veryimportant matter to the militaryis greatly appreciated. As our chosen Commander-in-Chief,lead us to courageously defeatour enemy. Please look behindyou, we are not your enemy!We are on your side. Therefore,I request, do not allow any-one to tinker with the Military
Retirees Tri-Care benefits.
Thanks a whole lot to you andGod bless this great nation.Respectfully yours, LICS McKing Alanis, Jr.USN (Retired)
 
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