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“Do what your heartdesires,” she advises theyoung. “Don’t let nay-sayers stand in your way.Follow your dreams – and you don’t have to bein your early 20s to doit! No matter your age,no matter your situation,with a little planningand hard work, onlyyou have the power tomake it happen for you.Even if it takes years todo it, the time will passquickly – and soon youtoo will be living your dream.”
By Ashley Silverio
 Assistant Editor 
 
 San Diego Asian Journal 
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10News general assignment reporter  Jennifer Jensen. (Photo compliments of Tomasita Butler.) Filipino-Americans and their friends join the Gawad Kalinga 5K walk inTY Park, Hollywood, Florida this weekend. Gawad Kalinga has alreadybuilt 2,000 villages in the Philippines and all over the world for the poorest of the poor, not just homes, but holistic, productive, sustainable communi-ties. MICHAEL WARO/ PNS 
 A Gawad Kalinga Story
There are no “slidingdoors” for Tony Olaes
The “sliding doors” didnot have any effect onTony Olaes’ decision tohelp the poor. Despitehis initial negative ex- perience of witnessinga military coup attempt
and seeing rst-hand
the political instabilityof the country, he stillstuck it out and becameone of the most ardentadvocates of GawadKalinga, a noble missionhe continues to pursue tothis day.
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San Diego businessman Tony Olas has remained a strong advocate for Gawad Kalinga. In the photo, Olaes is welcomed by the elated residents of God’s Little Acre, a GK Village he built in Cavite, Phliip- pines with help from local Fil-Ams including the late poet Soledad O. Bautista. Visit www.gawadkalinga.org to sign up for the 2009GK Global Summit in Harvard on June 12-14, 2009.
PNS, 6/5/09 -- ASK anyonewho grew up with Sharon Cu-neta and Gabby Concepcionmovies and they will tell youhow hot and popular their loveteamwas. Thiswould ex- plain why upto now, theywant them back on the big screen.The positiveresponse of moviegoers on the cameoappearance of Gabby in “BestFriends Forever” is a strongindication that they welcomesuch a screen comeback.PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE, 6/05/09 -- THEREare only two serious presidential candidates for 2010,according to a known politi-cal analyst.Ramon Casiple, founder of Institute for Political andElecti on Reform, said that
if resources, party afliation
and surveys are the basis,only Sen. Manny Villar andSen. Mar Roxas can be con-sidered serious candidates.Vice President Noli de Cas-tro can be the third if he will be endorsed by the newly-merged Lakas-Kabalikat ngMalayang Pilipino-CMD.Casiple said a presiden-tial candidate needs hugeresources, machinery and political group to win.Of the many presidentialcandidates, only Villar andRoxas have the money sus-tain an expensive campaign.“Marami ang tatakbo thiselection, but only few could be considered as serious can-didates. Ilan lang sa kanilaang may P8 billion to sustainthe campaign, at ilan langang may matatag na political party,” Casiple said.Villar will be the standard
Only Villar, Roxas have cash to mount campaign
Simeon G. Silverio, Jr.
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief 
San Diego Asian Journal 
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GK Villages built now 2,000
Extra-curricular activities in college
While academics come
rst to Rosel Aquino
Zobel, his extracurricu-lar ac-tivities reveal agreat deal about him.As a junior, he closelylooked at the availableoptions on campus,exploring those activi-ties that would give himthe promising range of options afterward.You will grow a lotduring your collegeyears, which can be pret-ty engaging. Involve-ment in activities, suchas leadership develop-ment programs and com-munity serv-ice projects,will greatly complementand enhance your overall educational experience.“One should take advantage of extracurricular activities that provide opportunities for learning, personal growth, and career enhancement,” Roseldeclared.
By Riz A. Oades
See page 6
Close friends against Sharon-
 
Gabby reunion movie
For Filipina American10News reporter JenniferJensen, pursuing her dreamwas never too late
 FEU has a dance troupe that recruits volunteer students. It isone of the available extracur-ricular activities available to students on campus.
PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE, 6/5/09 -- The economyregistered a measly 0.4 per-
cent growth for the rst quar-
ter of 20 the year, prompting National Statistical Coordina-tion Board Secretary GeneralRomulo Virola to admit thatthe country may soon be inrecession.The dismal growth rate isway below the 3.9 percentgrowth rate reported duringthe same period last year.However, Malacañang isoptimistic that the Philippineswill not experience a negativeGDP. He said no less than So-
RP on brink of recession
PHILIPPINE NEWSSERVICE, 6/2/09 -- SENATEMajority Leader Juan MiguelZubiri yesterday advised VicePresident Noli de Castro “toreach out” to administration party leaders and “increasehis diplomatic skills” if hewants to be drafted as the ad-ministration candidate in nextyear’s presidential elections.At a press conference,Zubiri also announced hisresignation as Lakas-CMDsecretary general ahead of the party’s merger with Kampislated today at the ManilaHotel.“To pave the way for the
election of the new set of of-cers of the unied party, I am
now tendering my resignationas secretary general of LakasChristian Muslim Democrats.“I know that out of the
Migz quits Lakas post
com- binedtalentsof thetwo willemergea lead-ershipwhichcan winelec-tionson bothstrengthand num- bers and force of ideas, andwho can dominate the battlefor (poll) precincts, as well as principles,” Zubiri said.Despite consistently toppingthe presidential surveys, Zubirireminded De Castro that theadministration party would notselect its presidential bet basedon “winnability” alone as indi-cated in survey results.cioeconomic Planning Secre-tary Ralph Recto has assuredthe Cabinet that the countrywill be in an “upswing” in thenext quarter.“We have our own eco-nomic projections but ev-eryone knows the trend inthe world about the reces-sion especially in developedcountries is known all over.We should be thankful that wehaven’t been hit hard becausewe continue to be above water so to speak and everything is being done by the administra-tion to mitigate the impact of the recession,” he said.
Senator J.M. Zubiri
June 5 - 11, 2009
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10 Abus killedin encounter
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE,6/02/09 -- TEN suspected mem- bers of Abu Sayyaf were killedwhile more others were believed to be wounded following encounter with forces of Philippine Marinein Sumisip, Basilan.According to Task Force TrilliumSpokesman Captain Neil AnthonyEstrella, the encounter started atabout 3 p.m. on Tuesday in Sumi-sip, Basilan.Estrella said there were alreadyten cadavers recovered in the en-counter site.“Ten bodies of Abu Sayyaf kid-nappers were recovered in theencounter site and we believedthey suffered more casualties,”Estrella said.The official said members of First Marine Brigade encounteredthe group of bandits Tuesday after-
RP planningto deploymore femalepeacekeepers
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE6/02/09 -- THE Philippine govern-ment is looking20at increasingthe deployment of female peace-keepers in support of the foreignmissions to maintain peace andstability in the world.This is in accordance with thisyear’s International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers theme of greater involvement by women inUN peacekeeping missions.Meanwhile, in honor of the dedi-cated service of Filipino peace-keepers, the Department of For-eign Affairs (DFA) is hosting theinaugural inter-agency Philippinecelebration of the InternationalDay of United Nations Peacekeep-ers today (May 29).The Philippines is the thirdlargest troop contributor in South-east Asia and ranked 30th in theworld.Foreign Affairs Secretary Al- berto G. Romulo, who sits as chair of the Philippine Inter-AgencyCouncil on UN Peacekeeping Op-erations, will deliver the keynotespeech.Dr. Soe Nyunt-U, the acting UNresident coordinator, will conveya message from UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-Moon.
High-ranking ofcials from the
Department of Defense (DND)and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG),nearly 80 former UN peacekeepersfrom the Armed Forces of the Phil-ippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), as well asmembers of the diplomatic corps,including ambassadors and repre-sentatives from Troop and PoliceContributing Countries, will gracethe event.During the event, the Dag Ham-marskjold Medal will be presentedto Immaculate Batalla, the widowof Philippine Army officer Lt.Col. Renerio Batalla who diedof malaria on October 24, 2008while serving in the UN Missionin Sudan.The Dag Hammarskjold Medalis a posthumous award to membersof peacekeeping operations wholost their lives during service witha peacekeeping operation under the operational control and author-ity of the United Nations.On April 16, 2009, PresidentGloria Macapagal-Arroyo signedProclamation No. 1755 declaringMay 29 of each year as the “In-ternational Day of United NationsPeacekeepers in the Philippines”as designated in Resolution 57/129 by the United Nations General As-sembly of 2002.Over the years, Philippine peace-keepers have earned the respectand recognition of the United Na-tions because of their outstanding performance and tireless commit-ment to maintain global peace andsecurity.The Philippines has sent peace-keeping missions all over theworld beginning with the air forcedeployment in support of the UNnoon and early morning yesterdayas they attacked their hideout,resulting in heavy damage andcasualties for the ASG.Estrella claimed that right af-ter the bandits freed their threekidnapped teachers, 1st MarineBrigade commander, Brig. Gen-eral Rustico Guerrero, immedi-ately ordered an strike operationagainst the kidnappers.It can be recalled that Tuesdaymorning the Abu Sayyaf releasedvictims; Freirez Quizon, RafaelMayonada and Jeannete delosReyes, both teachers of LandangGua Elementary School in Mo-hamad Ajul.Estrella said the slain banditswere members of Abu Sayyaf Commander Pula Muntong, BenMungkay and Furuji Indama whowere responsibl e in the series of hostage incident in Basilan.Aside from the recovered tendead bodies, the military believethat there were more bandits in- jured in the encounter.
Imelda tohave eyesurgery
 PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE,6/02/09 -- THE Sandiganbayanallowed former First Lady ImeldaRomualdez-Marcos to travel to Sin-gapore to undergo eye operation.Marcos was granted a 10-daytravel permit from June 2 to 12.She was scheduled to undergo pre-operation procedures and actualeye surgery at the Singapore National EyeCenter and the Singapore General Hospital. Her lawyer Robert Sison saidthat since November, Mrs. Marcos had started complaining about her blur-ring vision and visual distortion on her left eye.Mrs. Marcos will be accompanied by her children former congress-woman Imee Marcos and Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos,Jr. and grandchildren Borgy and Michael during her Singapore trip.
Mission in the Congo in 1963.Subsequent mission were sent inAfghanistan, Burundi, Cambodia,Cote d’Ivoire, Georgia, Haiti, Iraq,Kosovo, Liberia, Nepal, Sudanand Timor-Leste.In October 2008, UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-Moon and Secre-tary of Foreign Affairs Albert G.Romulo jointly signed a memo-randum of understanding allowingthe Philippines to participate in theUN Standby Arrangement System(UNSAS) to provide resources for  peacekeeping operations withinagreed response times.
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 Nestor P. Burgos Jr.
| PNS ,6/02/09-- The police force of Boracay has been dragged intothe controversy involving a landdispute after the island’s policechief was removed from his postfor alleged partiality.Aklan police director Senior Superintendent Clarence Guintosaid he had directed Superinten-dent Anthony Ma ghari to replaceSupt. Arnold Ardiente as chief of the Boracay Special Tourist
Police Ofce (BSTPO) effective
Monday.
Boracay police chief sackedfor doing right in land dispute
In a telephone interview onThursday, Guinto said Ardientewas facing a complaint for par-
tiality and illegal arrest led by
security guards of Winace Hold-ings Philippines Inc.Guinto said Ardiente was re-lieved to pave the way for animpartial investigation of thecomplaint filed by the securityguards.The BSTPO arrested two secu-rity guards of Winace last May 19after a guard shot and woundedtwo workers of property claim-ant Ruth Tirol-Jarantilla dur-ing a confrontation in BarangayBalabag at the northern end of the1,032-hectare island.The workers were putting upfence on a disputed 700-squaremeter lot when a security guardallegedly shot at them, accordingto an earlier report of the BSTPO.The two workers were woundedin the leg and were hospitalized.Ardiente, who was reassigned to
the police regional ofce in Iloilo
City, denied any irregularity in thearrest of the security guards.“I was just doing my job and Iwas not taking sides,” Ardientesaid by phone.He said he hoped the investiga-tion would clear him.Two teams of policemen have been assigned to the disputed property to prevent further vio-lence, according to Guinto.Police also initiated dialogues between the feuding parties.
 
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REDWOOD CITY, CA, June 1,2009 – Adobo Nation, the Sundayevening magazine talk show thathas become a weekend staple for TFC viewers in North America,
recently celebrated its rst year 
with an anniversary episode and a
 barrio esta chock-full of Philip
- pine culinary delights. Nineteen successful Filipinorestaurants in the U.S. took part in
the anniversary barrio esta held
at ABS-CBN North America’s
corporate ofce in Redwood City,
California. These are: Alimango,Auntie Em’s Fine Foods andPastries, Bistro Luneta, BoracayGarden & Grill, Chicken D’Lite,Gerry’s Brill, Goldilocks, Houseof Silvannas, Intramuros, Jollibee,Kadok’s, Kuya’s Asian Cuisine,Ling Nam, Mana, Patio Filipino,Philippine Grocery, Poleng, RedLantern and Tribu.
The esta was attended by media,
longtime Adobo Nation advertis-ers that included Western Union,Goldilocks, and Dublin Toyota,and a host of other supporters.They were joined by ABS-CBNexecutives and managers led byABS-CBN Broadcasting Corpora-tion Chairman and CEO Eugenio“Gabby” Lopez III, ABS-CBNGlobal COO Raffy Lopez andABS-CBN North America Manag-ing Director Chinky De Jesus.
“Adobo Nation” turns one! 
Adobo Nation has attracted aloyal following not only for itswildly popular Lasang Pinoy (Fili- pino Flavor) segment that featuresFilipino food and restaurants, butsix other highly interesting seg-ments: A-List, a discussion of the week’s hot topics; Big TimeKa Na (You’re Big Time) thathas featured the likes of two-timeDancing with the Stars championCheryl Burke, Olympic swimminggold medalist Natalie Coughlin,and handbag and ladies shoes
designer Rafe Totengco of Rafē
 New York; Sari-Sari, Etc. whichshowcases What’s In and What’sOut; Well Well Wellness whichtackles the health of the FilipinoAmerican mind, body and spirit;ATM Ano’ng Tanong Mo (What’sYour Question) which talks abouttough financial questions; andBarangay USA, a fast-paced andhumor-filled interactive publicservice and community news bitssegment.“When we were trying to comeup with a title of a show aboutthe lives of Filipinos in the U.S.,the word ‘adobo’ first came tomind,” recalls Ging Reyes, ABS-CBN North America’s NewsBureau Chief and Adobo Nation’sOverall in Charge of Production.“’Adobo’ is a popular dish that has become an iconic representationof Filipino culture. And just asthis tasty dish draws Filipinos tothe table, Adobo Nation has also become a TV show for Filipinosto hang out, to learn new things,to discover and rediscover our richheritage.”
 At Adobo Nation’s Anniversary Barrio Fiesta at the ABS-CBN North
 America corporate ofce are, from left, ABS-CBN North America’s Media
 Production & Events Group Head John-D Lazatin, Ad Sales Director Ricky Resurreccion, Adobo Nation co-host Jaja Bolivar, News Bureau Chief & Adobo Nation’s Over-all Head of Production Ging Reyes, co-host Michi Val-eriano, North America Managing Director Chinky De Jesus, co-host KarminaConstantino, and ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation Chairman & CEO Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III. (Photo by Rio Gache-Hernandez)
The one-stop pop culture pro-gram with a Filipino Americantwist is currently hosted by the powerful female troika of brains, banter and beauty – KarminaConstantino, Jaja Bolivar andMichi Valeriano. Original maleco-host JC Gonzales will continueto make occasional appearancesthrough special segments.
Catch Adobo Nation on TFC every Sunday at 6:40pm PST. For more information, please visit www.adobonation.tv.
ENGLEWOOD, CO, 6/02/09 – Joy
Rojas, a 44-year old woman, is the rst
Filipina attempting to run across theUnited States in a period of 100 daysand is being sponsored by The West-ern Union Company (NYSE: WU), aworld leader in global money transfer services. The company is proud tosponsor Rojas’ Trans America run as
it ts well with the company’s spirt of 
yes! - the new global brand campaignintroduced earlier this year.
Rojas has completed her rst leg to
Las Vegas, NV. Joy Rojas began her  journey in the Eagle Rock plaza in LosAngeles, California on May 10. Twoweeks later, Rojas, a journalist fromManila, Philippines, has run more than300 miles to Las Vegas, NV.“It’s been the most colorful 12 daysof my life,” said Rojas in a pressconference during Western Union’sCustomer Appreciation Day outside of 
Filipina Woman Running Across the U.S. to Raise Awareness of TB MakesFirst Stop in Las Vegas
The Palace Station Hotel and Casino
on May 23. “It’s been a very difcult
task to do but we have no regrets. Inthe 12 days since we ran from theGlendale, CA area to Nevada, wehave seen and done things that wenever thought we’d ever see and doin our lifetime. We’ve crossed theMojave Desert. We have climbed upMount Baldy. We have seen snow
for the rst time in our lives and ate
cactus.”Since sprinting out of the EagleRock Plaza in Los Angeles, CA twoweeks ago, Rojas has run 30 to 35miles a day. She runs from 5 a.m. to11 a.m. before taking a brief lunch break. Her break goes from 11 a.m.until 4 p.m. so she can beat the desertheat, then continues running from4 p.m. until 8 p.m. She is runningwith her trainer, Mat Macabe, whois running and biking on the journey,and Chuck Crisanto, the TransUSADirector, in the support van.Rojas plans to run more than 3,000miles across the United States of America in 100-days. Rojas plans toreach her goal by arriving at the Phil-ippine Consulate in New York City onSeptember 8. A survivor of tubercu-losis, Rojas’s is also running for her 
 beneciaries: Division of the Philip
- pine Heart Center and the Anti-TBProgram of the Inner Wheel Club of Quezon City, District 378. Her trainer and life partner, Macabe, underwentopen-heart surgery last year.Silvia Eliat, Marketing Director of Ethnic Segments for Western Union,said that Rojas is an inspiration notonly to the Filipino community but toeveryone.
“This is the rst time ever that we
have sponsored a transcontinentalrunner. We are proud to support suchgreat causes and also build an aware-ness about our great services. She isan example of our yes! campaign.Again, we want to ignite the spirit of the Filipino community.”After resting on Sunday, Rojas is back on the road.Crisanto said that this week, Rojaswould be running northwest of LasVegas to Mesquite before going onRoute 66 straight to Utah.About the Western Union yes!Campaign yes! is Western Union’sfirst global brand initiative of thismagnitude. The campaign creates anemotional connection that is cultur-ally relevant to consumers worldwideand leverages some of the world’smost creative minds to bring the brand to life. The new global brandcampaign will broaden and align theiconic Western Union brand in morethan 200 countries and territories inwhich Western Union operates. It isthe embodiment of an ambitious andforward-looking new vision for thecompany. This repositioning human-izes the brand and focuses on the con-sumer rather than the transaction.
About Western Union
The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU)is a leader in global money transfer ser-vices. Together with its Vigo and OrlandiValuta-branded money transfer services,Western Union provides consumers with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world,as well as send payments and purchasemoney orders. It operates through a com-bined network of 379,000 Agent locationsin 200 countries and territories. Famous for its pioneering telegraph services, theoriginal Western Union dates back to1851. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.
 Joy Rojas (left) with partner Mat Macabe in front of the Western Union yes!Campaign bus during their stop in Las Vegas, NV  L to R: Diana Zuniga, Country Development Manager, Sylvia Eliat, Integrated Marketing Communica-tions Director, Joy Rojas, Mat Macabe(Trainer), Chuck Crisanto, Tans USAManager and Lynn Thomas, Owner of Pack and Mail, Western Union Agent.
TFC North America’s weekly magazine talk show celebrates
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