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PHILIPPINES NEWSSERVICE -- THE governmentwill receive this month its60-percent share from the net
revenues of the Galoc oil eld
off Palawan after the Energy
Department declared its com
-mercial viability.Energy Secretary Angelo
Reyes said Galoc Production
Co., the operator of the Galoc
eld, would now proceed withcommercial production after  producing more than two mil
-lion barrels of Palawan light
crude since production testsstarted in October last year.“Of course, this is only thestart for future oil production
in the country. This is a clear 
indication that the country is
a viable20investment location
and we hope that this will en
-tice future investors to set uptheir businesses here,” Reyes
said.Reyes ordered the termina
-
tion of the extended produc
-
tion tests on June 19, the date
from which the government’s
share in the prots will becalculated.
The government is set toreceive 60 percent of the netrevenues, which refer to totalrevenues less the 70-percent
cost-recovery granted to Ga
-
loc Production.
RP to receive 60% royalty from Galoc oil
The King of Pop who suddenly passed away last week had a strong Filipino connection. During the 1970s,he performed in the Philippines with his brothers as amember of the Jackson Five. Many of his employees,some domestic workers and caretakers at his NeverlandRanch, were Filipinos. In San Diego, Filipino Ameri
-can TV personality Chef Larry Banares recalls his
encounters with Michael Jackson when he worked asexecutive chef at the Disneyland Hotel.
By
Ashley Silverio
 Assistant Editor 
The San Diego Asian Journal 
See page 4
Chef Larry Banares
Michael Jackson’sSan Diego Filipino American connection
The young Chef Larry Banares with the King of Pop, Michael  Jackson, during his days as executive chef at Disneyland Hotel.
 Larry Banares today as he looks at his photo with Michael Jackson
As the greatChinesePhilosopher Confucius
 preached, “If yougive a man a sh,he would eat for one day, but if 
you teach a man
to sh, he would
eat for all time”,a small printing press on PlateriasStreet in Quiapo,
downtown Manila, has indeed become a prolicshing school to many.
By
Simeon G. Silverio, Jr.
 Publisher & Editor 
The San Diego Asian JournalSee page 5
 Happy Fourth of July !
 4th July – Not just America’s IndependenceDay, But the Philippines’ as Well
I grew upcelebrating
Independence
Day on4th July,
the day theUnited States bestowed the
Philippines its
independence
in 1946. But
in May 1962,Pres. DiosdadoMacapagalchangedthe date to
June 12th, inrecognition of Gen. Emilio
Aguinaldo’sdeclaration of 
Parade of colors:
 
 Parades featuring the American Flag have been the staple of the July 4th celebrations all over the United States commemorating the Independence Day Anniversary of the country. Photo by John Brian Silverio.
The SAMAHAN Fili
- pino American Performing
Arts and Education Center 
-
 proudly presents the concertentitled, Pakaraguian – Mu
-
sic and Dances of Southern
Philippines, on August 1,
2009, Saturday, at 7:00o’clock in the evening at The
 Neurosciences Institute Au-
ditorium at 10640 John JayHopkins Drive, La Jolla, CA92121. This is the rst time a
concert featuring Philippine
Concert of Traditional Music and Dances of theSouthern Philippines featured on August 1, 2009 atThe Neurosciences Institute Auditorium in La Jolla
music is featured and gener 
-
ously underwritten by The
 Neurosciences Institute (NSI),as part of Performing Arts atThe Neurosciences Institute,a series of cultural events pre-
sented as a community service
to support arts in San Diego to
underscore the special rela
-
tionship between the arts and
the brain.
Tickets are available atthe box ofce before the
 performance at $15 each for 
General Admission, $10 eachfor Students and Seniors and
$25 each for Patrons (re-
served seating). To obtainor reserved tickets before
the show, please call (619)470-6024 or (619) 444-7528.
For more information, check Samahan’s website - http://
www.samahanphilippine-
dance.com.Kulintang music, consid
-
ered the highest form of gong
 Kulintang Music Ensemble
freedom from Spain in 1898, which paved the way for the establishment of a short-lived Philippine Republic.
  by
Riz A. Oades
See page 6
Commodore Ramon Alcaraz 
War Hero, PMA Pioneer andFounder of Commodore DrugStores passes away
July 3 - 9, 2009
Msgr. GutierrezEntertainment
 Believe in yourself!Unleash the prophet in you!
Miles Beauchamp
 Journey to Perform Two Showsat Pala Casino Spa & Resort 
Quiapo Memories
Like a prolic shing school
Having known him
for over 30 years,not only as a client
 but more of a friendand father-gureto me , I am sad
-
dened by his death
 but also happy withthe thought that he
is now in paradiseand probably being
given a warm recep-tion by his many political (mutual)
friends whom I havealso met, like Ninoy
Aquino, Evelio
Javier, Raul Man
-
glapus, Tony Villegas, Raul Roco, and Max Soliven, aswell as his other friends that I don’t even know.
By
Ernie Delfn
 See Page 8
Commodore Alcaraz with his wife
 
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The Internal Revenue Service was
formed this week on July 1, 1862-- on the very day Abraham Lincolnsigned the rst income tax bill intolaw. That marked the very rst timein American history that the feds ever levied any kind of tax on income.That rst federal income tax attemptwas actually struck down by the U.S.
Supreme Court for being unconstitu-
tional. And today’s income taxes arefar more onerous and complicatedthan the rst tax ever was.The government issued its rst post-
The IRS
age stamp that day in 1847. Prior tothen, stamps were issued by PRIVATE postal carriers only. And zip codeswere ttingly inaugurated that sameday in 1963. The rst American zooopened in Philadelphia on July 1,1874. A photograph was rst used in
a newspaper story exactly one year after government postage stamps were
introduced, and the rst scheduledtelevision broadcast was sent out over 
the airwaves exactly 93 years after 
that rst “illustrated” newspaper story
 photo ran.Tom Cruise was born the exact same
day as “Criminal Minds” Tom Gibson(both on July 3, 1962). Geraldo
Rivera (1943), Neil Simon (1927),
Ann Landers (1918) and Nathaniel
Hawthorne (1804) all share 4th of 
July birthdays with the birth of our 
country (1776), actress Gina Lol-
lobrigida (1928) and the debut of the
Soupy Sales Show (1955).
The Constitution took formal opera-
tive effect July 2, 1788, when New
Hampshire’s ratication was formallyannounced by Congress. This itself took place on the 12th anniversary of 
the submission of the Declaration of 
Independence resolution by the Con-
tinental Congress. (The Declaration
was adopted two days later, on the 4th
of July.)
And the Civil Rights Act of 1964was signed by the President on the
176th anniversary of the Constitu-
tion’s taking formal effect. ThurgoodMarshall, the rst Black member of 
the U.S. Supreme Court, was born onthe 120th anniversary of the Constitu-tion’s going into formal effect. But
President Gareld was shot on theConstitution’s 93rd anniversary. Andactress Lindsay Lohan was born thatday in 1986 -- on the 31st anniversaryof the debut of the Lawrence Welk 
Show.
Both Thomas Jefferson and JohnAdams died on the 4th of July, 1826
-- on the 50th anniversary of the Dec-
laration of Independence. Adams’ lastwords were: “Thomas Jefferson still
survives”. The song, “America the
Beautiful”, was published that day in1895 and it was exactly 75 years after-ward when Casey Kasem’s “AmericanTop 40” rst broadcast.Stephen Foster, who prolically penned such well-known songs as“Oh! Susanna”, “Camptown Races”and “Old Black Joe”, entered thisworld that day in 1826. And the birth-day for our 30th president, “SilentCal”, Calvin Coolidge, fell on the 4thof July of 1872. Koko the gorilla wasalso born that day, but in 1971. She
actually has a sign language vocabu-
lary of over 1,000 words -- probablymaking her a whole lot more loqua-
cious than “Silent Cal” ever was.
Rube Goldberg was born that day
in 1883. He’s the inventor of thoseelaborate machines that accomplish
ludicrously simple tasks. Speaking of 
which, the Interstate Highway System
was inaugurated June 29, 1956 whenEisenhower signed a bill for $33.5 bil-
lion in highway construction. Believeit or not, that was actually the largest
 public works bill in history at the
time.
With credit to Rube Goldberg, theRussians and Americans actuallymanaged to dock in space for the veryrst time on the 39th anniversary of 
Eisenhower’s Highway Bill. But a
meteorite leveled a huge swath of 
Russian Siberia on June 30, 1908-- in what was probably the most
destructive impact delivered to earthfrom space that humankind has ever experienced..
Exactly 89 years after that me-
terorite strike, Britain transferredsovereignty of Hong Kong to the RedChinese -- when the leases AROUNDthe City expired. Few people realize
that the City proper itself was not
subject to ANY kind of lease. So the
British actually CEDED power of 
the downtown area’s “heart” of Hong
Kong.
Ear-biting boxer Mike Tyson was born on the exact founding date of the National Organization of Women
-- on the 58th anniversary of the Sibe-
rian meteorite pounding planet earth.That day this week also marks LenaHorne’s 92nd birthday.Amelia Earhart disappeared July
2, 1937 -- but exactly 65 years later,
Steve Fossett became the rst person
to circumnavigate the globe in a non-
motorized aircraft (a balloon). CecilRhodes entered this world on July5, 1853. At one time, he controlled90% of the world’s diamond produc-tion. Rhodes is the one who givesout the “Rhodes” scholarships, and
the person after whom the country,
“Rhodesia”, was named. (It’s current
name is “Zimbabwe”).
Court TV debuted July 1, 1991 andthe Supreme Court banned the death
 penalty on June 29, 1972. (It was by a 5 to 4 vote -- which was itself 
reversed just four years later.) GeorgeWashington took command of the
Continental Army July 3, 1775 -- on
the 167th anniversary of the found-ing of the City of Quebec. And Idaho became our 43rd state on the 115th
anniversary of Washington’s assuming
that command.Israel’s daring commando raid onEntebbe was carried out July 3, 1976and the British Victorian admiral,David Farragut, entered this worldJuly 5, 1801. He’s credited with thewords: “Dame the torpedos -- fullspeed ahead!”. The bikini bathing suitrst appeared on his 145th birthday inParis, France. That skimpy two-piecewas named after the Pacic atollwhere the hydrogen bomb was rsttested. That garment has since helpedframe much delicious fun-to-admirefemale “eye candy” for many a beach-going male to admire.But when most people think “can-dy”, they usually think more aboutthings made of sugar, like toffee,caramel and gum. It just so happensthat America’s confectionary industrycelebrates National CANDY Monthin June. Believe it or not, candy canactually be a good food -- and canconstitute part of a balanced diet.
 
Page 3 Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at http://www.asianjournalusa.comJuly 3 - 9, 2009
PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE -- THE Japanese govern-
ment has provided some P14.2
million ($303,226) in grant
contract that would provide as
-sistance to patients living in =2
0 underprivileged urban areas inMetro Manila who are suffering
from tuberculosis.
Japanese Ambassador to thePhilippines Makoto Katsura andMs. Maho Suzuki, representingDr. Eiichi Nakamura, president
of the Japan Anti-TuberculosisAssociation (JATA), a Japanese
 NGO, signed a grant contract for 
the Tuberculosis Control Project
in Socio-economically Under 
-
 privileged Urban Area in MetroManila, Philippines “Stop TB
 para sa Lahat.”
The contract signing marked
the appropriation to this projectfrom the “Grant Assistance for 
Japanese NGO Projects” under 
Japan gives P14.2M to Metro TB drive
Japan’s Ofcial Development
Assistance.
Around 440,000 urban low-income residents of Payatas inQuezon City and Tondo, Manila,will benet from this project.
The Philippines remains to be
highly burdened by the tubercu
-
losis (TB) and one of the worst22 countries hampered by this
life-threatening communicable
disease.It also ranks the 4th of high TBincidence in the Western PacicRegion, the WHO said in 2008.The ght against this disease
continues to be a major globalhealth concern.
The Direct Observed=2 0Treat
-
ment, Short Course (DOTS) is
the core strategy of TB therapy
and the Philippines has alreadyacquired the WHO standard for 
this treatment.TB prevalence rate, however,continues to be relatively highespecially in urban unhygienicor slum areas.These are attributable to problems such as inaccessibility
for health workers to enter theseareas, insufcient facilities for TB treatment, discontinued treat
-
ment due to frequent relocation
of patients, among others.In the last phase in 2008, theResearch Institute for Tubercu-
losis/JATA has contributed in the
urban unhygienic or slum areas,
with the building the network with Philippine NGOs acting in
the area.
Through the network, theyhave shared the informationabout the patients, have educatedthe people in the area and havetrained the health workers for the
area.This year, it will continue the project that aims to improve TBcontrol through quality assur-
ance of TB DOTS, by trainingand tracking the patients.
The Grant Assistance for Japa-
nese NGO Projects was launched
in 2002 to enhance cooperation between the Government of 
Japan and NGOs in the implementation of ODA to promoteeffective and efcient aid for developing countries.
In the Philippines, 18 projectsin various sectors worth approxi-mately Php70 million have been
funded by this program.
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE
-- PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has approved the promotionto Director, a rank equivalent to aMajor General in the Armed Forcesof Magtanggol B. Gatdula, the head
of the PNP Directorate for Informa-
tion and Communications Technol
-
ogy Management and seven other 
new Philippine National Police
chief superintendents.Gatdula, a lawyer and member of Philippine Military Academy Class1972, used to be the Quezon CityPolice District director until he wasdesignated as the new head of theDICTM, one of the new commandsactivated by the PNP. The DICTM
has supervision of the PNP Com-
 puter Service and the Communica
-
tions and Electronics Service.Promoted to the rank of Chief Su
-
 perintendent or a Brigadier Generalin the Armed Forces are Emelito T.Sarmiento (PMA Class 1980), the
Gatdula gets 2nd star, GMA promotes 7 PNP generals
deputy director of 
the PNP Director-ate for Intelligence;
Francisco S. ManaloJr. (PMA Class1979), deputy direc
-tor of the Director-
ate for IntegratedPolice Operations- Northern Luzon;
 Nelson P. Nario
(PMA Class 1980),deputy regionaldirector for adminis
-tration of the Police
Regional Ofce 10in Northern Min
-
danao; Drusillo C.
 PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Bolodo (PMA Class 1979), deputyregional director for administra
-
tion of PRO8 in Eastern Visayas;Catalino S. Cuy (PMA Class 1981),deputy director of the PNP Direc
-
torate for Personnel and RecordsManagement; Jufel C. Adriatico(PMA Class 1980), deputy director of the DIPO-Visayas; and Victo
-
rino S. Panganiban Jr. (PMA Class1978), deputy director of the DIP0-Eastern Mindanao.
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