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PHILIPPINE NEWSSERVICE - THE daughtersof Salvador “Bubby” Dacer yesterday charged Sen. Pan-
lo Lacson with the kidnap
- ping and murder of the publicrelations man and his driver Emmanuel Corbito before theDepartment of Justice.
The complaint was for 
-
mally lodged by the Ongkiko
Manhit Custodia & Acorda
Law Ofce in behalf of the
four US-based daughters of Dacer – Carina, Sabina, Em-ily and Amparo.
”We are ling the com
-
 plaint in view of the recentdevelopment where former 
Presidential Anti-Organized
Crime Task Force Senior 
Supt. Cezar Mancao II, oneof the accused in CriminalCase No. 01-1911969, entitledPeople vs. Michael Ray Aqui-
no, et al, now pending before
Branch 18 of the RegionalTrial Court 18 had executed
an afdavit last Feb. 13, 2009,an afdavit disclosing hisknowledge as to the participa
-
tion of Sen. Panlo Lacson, in
the Dacer-(Emmanuel) Cor- bito double murder case,” the
law rm said.The afdavit Dacer’sdaughters were referring towas Mancao’s latest sworn
statement detailing the
He ordered our father killed -- Dacer daughters
Standing L-R: Rowena Diego, Rachelle Chatterton, Clarisse Lopez, Atty. Reynaldo Santos & Guest. Sitting L-R: Dr. Irineo Tiangco, Dr. Ben- jamin Camacho, Dr. Vicki Belo, Dr. Sheila Acosta, Helen Vigilia, Mar-vina Dela Cruz. Photo by Conrad I. Reloj, Jr.
BY
Conrad I. Reloj, Jr.
 
Thanks to the talent andentrepreneurial works of Filipino doctors, the 20th
Century adage, “Beauty isin the eye of the beholder, “has evolved far beyond itsoriginal intent as an admoni-tion against false vanity to become a cultural manifestoused to explain the rise of amulti-billion-dollar cosmeticand movie industry here in
The Phenomenonof Filipina Beauty
the United States and around
the world. These things arenow possible in the Philip
-
 pines performed by Filipino
doctors extraordinaire the
likes of Dr. Victoria “Vicki”
Belo of Belo Medical Groupand others.
Dr. Belo’s pioneering ex
- pertise extends into the use
of skin lasers after an exten
-sive training at Harvard
University, along the lines of 
T
he road to becoming astronger global competitor 
is paved with delicious in
-
tentions, at least where local fast-
food giant Jollibee is concerned.Through its strategic expansionefforts, the company intends to
 bring the best of Filipino family
experiences—food and ambi-
ence alike—to the millions of 
kababayan
s missing the taste and
warmth of home abroad.
“We envision that by the year 2020,Jollibee will already have 4,000 stores,75 percent of which are outside the
Philippines,” revealed Tommy King,Jollibee country head for US opera-
tions. “We know it will be tough toachieve but if you look back 30 yearsago when this company started, wouldyou have believed how it has grown
this big from just an ice cream parlor?”
Fresh from opening its store inQueens, New York last February 14 —its rst in the East Coast and West
-
eld Plaza Bonita last March 22,
 Jollibee’s global appeal 
Jollibee opens an outletin Plaza Bonita
The Filipino American Community Empowerment and the Democrat-ic Party of San Diego County honored some Filipino American aides of 
elected ofcials in San Diego last Saturday, March 29 at the Kalusugan
Wellness Center in National City. Among the aides honored were (from left to right, second row): Clarissa Reyes Falcon, district director for StateSenator Denise Moreno Ducheny; Pamela Ann Ison, council representa-tive and policy advisor to San Diego City Councilmember Todd Gloria;Manny Doria, aide to Congressman Bob Filner, Ralph Dimarucot, dis-trict representative of Assemblymember Mary Salas; and Joyce Temporal,
of the ofce of Assemblymember Marty Block. Beside Joyce is ElizabethMartinez, district director of Assemblymember Mary Salas’ ofce and 
 FACE Presiden Al Villamora. Seated infront, from left to right are: Na-tional City Vice Mayor Alejandra Sotelo-Solis; Honorable Betty Yee of theState Board of Equalization; Assemblymember Lori Saldana; and Sweet-water school board member Arlie Ricasa. Photo by Marissa Acierto.The king of the jungle
The huge lion
was sleeping,with iesswirling around
its face. They
were unmindfulof the two dogs
 playing nearby.Suddenly, oneof the dogs ran
inside the lion’scage while
the other oneran after him.
The lion was
Quiapo Memories
Into the Lion’s Den
awakened and by instinct, grabbed one of the dogswith its huge paw.
By
Simeon G. Silverio, Jr.
 Publisher & Editor 
The San Diego Asian JournalSee page 5
True, Soledad or “Nanay
Sol” to many was
ninety-one years of age.
However, she possessed a
mind that could illuminate
in a few verses of poetrywhat is hidden from many.She was at ease writing
about the birds that made
a nest in an old wreath bythe front door as she was
about the most sublimeaspects about love. In fact
it is her ability to makethe ordinary shine withthe wisdom lost to society
today that has made her  poetry timeless.By
Genevieve T. Silverio
Managing Editor 
The San DiegoAsian Journal
See page 4
Honoring the life ofSoledad Oropesa Bautista
Soledad Oropesa Bautista
April 3 - 9, 2009
Msgr. Gutierrez
Riz A. Oades
 Passion Sunday(Palm Sunday)Victory over life’s end 
Miles Beauchamp
War Weaves Storiesinto Survival 
 
Page 2 April 3 - 9, 2009 Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at http://www.asianjournalusa.com
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murder and the identities of themasterminds.
In his February 13, 2009 af 
-
davit, Mancao positively said
that Lacson ordered Aqu ino and
other PAOCTF members to liqui
-date former Philippine NationalPolice Supt. Reynaldo Berroya,
the senator’s known nemesis, inOctober 2000.
”Aquino responded to Lacsonthat he intends to neutralize
or liquidate Delta (Dacer) rst
 because Erap (former president
Joseph Estrada) was already
 peeved at him,” Mancao further said.
With the afdavit of Mancao,
the Dacer daughters are con-vinced that Lacson mastermind-ed the death of their father andhis driver.“It is clear from the afore-quoted paragraph that Sen.
Lacson ordered the killing of our 
father... Moreover, it is apparent
from Mr. Mancao’s afdavit thatPAOCTF, which Sen. Lacson
headed, conducted ‘special
operations’ i.e operations thatdid not follow the normal chan
-nels of command and did not
come under the purview of the(PAOCTF’s) mandate,” the 10- page complaint afdavit read.
The complaint also noted the
complicity of Lacson in the twinmurders when he appointed
Mancao as the head of the team
tasked to investigate the case so
that the crime could be coveredup.The Dacer sisters also stated
that Lacson’s guilt is further at
-tested to by his order to Mancaoand Aquino to leave the coun-try shortly after the remains of 
Dacer and Corbito were discov
-
ered in April of 2001.
“Sen. Lacson even consistently
met with Mr. Mancao and Mr.
Aquino in the United States
from October 2001 to Septem
-
 ber 2003 and provided for them.This makes Sen. Lacson crimi
-nally liable for violation of Presidential Decree (PD) No.
1829 , Section 1 (harboring,
concealing and facilitating the
escape of any person he knows,
or has reasonable grounds to be-lieve or suspect, has committedany offense under existing penal
laws),” they said.The slain publicist’s daughters
also added that Lacson had anaxe to grind against their father as the latter strongly opposed the
former’s appointment as head of 
the national police force.The daughters further claimedthat prior to his abduction their father supposedly told them thatif anything happened to him,“there should be no one to blame but Sen. Lacson.”
“Based on the foregoing, and
considering further tha t a new
 personality has been implicated inthe murder of our father and Mr.Corbito, it is apparent that there is aneed for a reopening and reinvesti-
gation in order to determine whether 
 probable cause exists to hold Lacsonliable,” they said.
He orderedour fatherkilled - Dacerdaughters
(Continued from page 1)
 By Alex P. Vidal 
 DETROIT, Michigan -- The
arrest of 14 more individuals en
-gaged in passport scam recentlyhas concluded the major U.S. passport fraud investigation of 
the Department of State’s Diplo
-matic Security Service (DSS), it
was reported here.
According to Sarah Rosetti of the DSS in Washington D.C.,
from February 5 to 7, their At
-
lanta Resident Ofce conducted
the operation, in cooperation
with several other U.S. law
enforcement agencies, including
the U.S. Attorney’s Ofce for 
the Northern District of Georgia,the Georgia Bureau of Investiga-tions, Department of Homeland
Security’s Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, United
States Marshals Service, Federal
Protective Service, Social Secu-rity Administration, Atlanta Po-
lice Department, Fulton CountySheriffs Ofce, Dekalb County
Police Department, GeorgiaDepartment Human ResourcesChildren Services, and GeorgiaDepartment of Driver Services.
Michael Foster, of the Special
Agent in Charge of the DSS
Miami Field Ofce, said the op
-eration targeted people believed
 Arrest of 14 more in passportfraud concludes major probe
to have committed passportfraud to either falsely acquireU.S. citizenship or hide their trueidentity.During the three-day opera-
tion, 14 subjects were report
-
edly arrested, and 12 of themwere charged in Federal Courtfor making false statements in
an application for a passport, in
violation of 18 USC 1542; twowere charged in State Court with
various felonies.
Two others were reportedly
incarcerated on unrelated state
arrest warrants. The federal
defendants face criminal penal-ties of up to one year in prison
if convicted. Of the 14 arrestedfor identi ty theft, 12 are in the
U.S. illegally and face possibledeportation.
Special Agent in Charge Foster 
said, “Passport fraud and visafraud are threats to the nationalsecurity of the United States.The U.S. passport and visa
are reportedly two of the most
coveted travel documents in the
world. The Atlanta ResidentOfce and the Miami Field Of 
-
ce, along with our federal and
state enforcement partners, didan outstanding job investigatingthese cases.”PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE
-- MALACAÑANG will not re
- ject the baselines bill despite the
 protest lodged by China, which
the Palace expected.Press Secretary Cerge Re-
monde yesterday said it was not
surprising for China to raise a
howl over the measure being a
“claimant of long standing” of the disputed Kalayaan group of islands.
“That is why we need the base
-lines bill to meet the UNCLOS
deadline. It will be then up to the
UN to resolve,” Remonde said.Both houses of Congressapproved the bicameral confer-ence committee measure of 
the bill which designated the
Kalayaan group of islands and
China can’t cow Palace
Scarborough Shoal as part of the“regime of islands” under thePhilippines.China protested the measuresaying it is in violation of its
sovereignty. China along withthe Philippines, Taiwan, Ma
-laysia, Vietnam and Brunei are
laying claim partly or wholly to
the group of islands.
Foreign Affairs Spokesman
Bayani Mangibin said the Philip-
 pines will initiate talks with the
Chinese government as soon as possible to clarify matters.
“We’re looking at summoning
Chinese ambassador to foster 
dialogue…It’s our hope that the bill will be respected and that’sthe reason why we are optimis
-
tic t hat this will be resolved,”
Mangibin said.
“We will make them under 
-
stand that their concerns wereaddressed in this bill and wehope this way it will be re
-solved,” he added.Mangibin said the baselines
 bill will not stand in the way of the country’s good relations with
China.Executive Secretary EduardoErmita earlier said the Presidentis expected to sign the measure
into law next week as soon asthe enrolled bill is forwarded to
Malacañang.
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE-- The European Union has ap- pointed the European Commis-
sion Ambassador to Jakarta to be
its Representative to the Associa-tion of Southeast Asian Nations.
Ambassadors of all 27 EUMember States and the EC will be
accredited to ASEAN to further 
deepen diplomatic relations with
the ASEAN-member countries.
Following the recent appoint
-
ment of the UK, French and
German Ambassadors, the CzechRepublic (representing the currentPresidency of the EU) and ECformally appointed their Ambas-
sadors in Jakarta as Representa
-tives to ASEAN.
Also, operational relations withthe ASEAN Secretariat will also be enhanced as the EC’s devel
-opment cooperation to ASEANexpands, totaling over Euro 50million in the coming three years.
EU names envoyto ASEAN
 
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