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From: bernal@spss.com (Raoul Bernal)
Subject: Re: which long distance carrier
Organization: SPSS Inc.
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:43:19 GMT

>In a previous article, bernal@spss.com (Raoul Bernal) says:
>>I have heard MCI rates are cheaper than AT&T, especially if you enroll in
>>the Pacific Plan (which has been expanded to Worldwide Plan or something).
>>The plan costs $3.00 a month, and the rate is 77 cents a minute/tax for
>>calls between the designated hours (10am to 2am next day on weekdays, anytime
>>during weekends).  My rates are Chicago-based - I don't know if they differ
>>across continental US.  Plus, if you designate your Phils. number as your
>>Friends/Family International number, the rate drops down to 66 cents/minute
>>+ tax.

jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy) writes:
>But in order to enroll in that plan, do I still have to supply 10 names
>(??) that will have to switch to MCI also ? I thought about switching to
>MCI once but as soon as the salesperson started naming all the requirements,
>I thought it was too much hassle and besides, I can't come up with the
>number of names they require.
>I called sprint and their rate is supposed to be 77cents / min also,
>but I don;t know if there is a $3 monthly fee or not.

No, no, no, amigo, there's a mix-up somewhere.  To enroll in the Call Pacific
(now expanded to some Worldwide Plan), you don't need to enroll in the Friends
and Family program.  All you do is pay $3.00 a month and call within Plan
hours to avail of the $0.77/min rate.  The Friends/Family program is added
incentive, if you designate a Phil. number as your F/F intern. number.  That's
when you get the $0.66/min rate.

BTW, I didn't have 10 F/F names when I enrolled in this calling plan (I
probably still don't).  If MCI is making this more stringent now, I don't
know.  Interested parties might want to call MCI directly.

-Raoul
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From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: US Ships and Planes Allowed Access to Phil
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:50:12 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- U.S. military ships and planes will be
allowed to use facilities in the Philippines on a commercial basis after
the last American troops leave the country Nov. 24, officials from both
countries said Friday.
	But U.S. Adm. Charles Larson and Philippine military chief Gen.
Lisandro Abadia said they did not discuss any temporary access agreement
in the Philippines for U.S. forces during their talks, held annually
under a 1951 mutual defense treaty.
	Larson reiterated Washington would not seek a permanent force in the
Philippines after its troops leave Subic Bay Naval Base in 18 days.
	``Rather than have large U.S. bases in the Pacific, we have people
that allow us to cooperate with them,'' he told reporters, adding
continued American military presence in the Pacific was crucial to the
region's vibrant economic growth.
	``The challenge is regional instability -- any development which
threatens to interrupt the flow of ideas, capital, resources and trade,''
he said. ``We've got to meet this regional challenge with regional
solutions.''
	In a joint statement, Abadia and Larson said the current defense
treaty between Washington and Manila would allow U.S. military ships and
planes to transit Subic and other facilities ``in the spirit of mutual
cooperation.''
	The treaty includes provisions for cooperation, joint training
exercises and assistance if either party is attacked.
	Abadia said the arrangements for the servicing of U.S. military
transport would be the same as those extended to other Philippine
allies, such as Japan or other Southeast Asian countries.
	``They can stop by Manila, refuel, rewater. They can also go to Subic
in the same manner that other ships from other countries do,'' he said.
``Of course, it's on a commercial basis because they will pay for it.''
	The Philippine Senate last year rejected a treaty that would have
kept U.S. troops at Subic through 2001 and ordered Washington to leave
its last base in the country this year.
	Washington handed over nearby Clark Air Base, which had been heavily
damaged in a volcanic eruption, and four smaller bases in late 1991.
	Following the Senate decision, both sides at different times
expressed interest in forging an agreement that would allow U.S. forces
to use Subic and other facilities in time of need.
	The issue triggered contentious debate in the Philippines, where the
U.S. pullout was partly seen as an end to Washington's influence in the
former U.S. colony it granted independence in 1946.
	The Philippine Constitution prohibits the stationing of foreign
troops in the country after the U.S. pullout, and nationalist lawmakers
maintained a military access agreement would violate the charter.
	Leftist activists staged rallies against any such agreement and
communist rebels threatened to abandon peace efforts with Manila if a
pact was signed.
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Bishop Appeals for Missionary's Release
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:47:44 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	ZAMBOANGA, philippines (UPI) -- A Catholic bishop appealed Friday to
the Muslim kidnappers of a U.S. missionary to ``soften their hearts''
and release their captive, saying the church will not pay their $200,000
ransom demand.
	``We are not giving any ransom,'' said the Most Rev. Romulo de la
Cruz, bishop of Basilan province, 550 miles south of Manila.
	``I appeal to the kidnappers to soften their hearts and return him to
us because he is innocent and a good man,'' De la Cruz said by telephone
from Zamboanga City, a regional center 30 miles north of the largely
Muslim province.
	Augustine Fraszczack, of Pulaski, Wis., was seized by armed men
believed to be Muslim bandits Oct. 21 in Tuburan, Basilan.
	The kidnappers have threatened to kill the missionary if their ransom
demand was not met.
	De la Cruz said Fraszczack's ``humanitarian work'' among the poor in
Basilan has been suspended because of his capture.
	``He has not been around to offer his services,'' the bishop said.
	He said Fraszczack spent much of his time treating the poor, being a
trained paramedic and acupuncture expert who studied the ancient art of
curing diseases in China. His work gained him popularity among the
residents, the bishop added.
	A Basilan provincial official said Thursday he would seek the help of
Nur Misuari, the exiled leader of a Muslim secessionist group in the
southern Philippines, to try to secure Fraszczack's freedom.
	The kidnappers have demanded that the military be kept out of
negotiations, which they said should be supervised by the provincial
government.
	Fraszczack has written four letters while in captivity, two of them
appealing to the Vatican and the United States to help raise the ransom
money. He said his captors warned they would kill him ``slowly'' if the
amount was not produced.
	Kidnapping has become a multi-million industry in the southern island
of Mindanao, where dozens of armed gangs and private armies of political
warlords have defied a government drive to disarm them.
	Communist guerrillas battling Manila for the past 23 years and Muslim
guerrillas demanding a separate state also operate on Mindanao, the
nation's second largest island.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: pacs@leland.Stanford.EDU (Francisco Sandejas)
Subject: SFO: urgent change in email address for paco
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 15:00:39 GMT
From: capistra@andromeda.rutgers.edu (M P Capistrano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Filipino rhymes and songs
Date: 10 Nov 92 04:17:06 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

abner@wente.llnl.gov (Abner F. Bello) writes:
>In article <92311.16:12:35.809554.Jeprox@perlas.ng.silangan> Jeprox@perlas.ng.silangan (Laki sa Layaw) writes:
>>
>>Here's one:          Sampung mga daliri,
>>                     Buhok at paa,
>>                     Dalawang tenga, dalawang mata,
>>                     Ilong na maganda.
>>
>>Irreverent version:  Sampung mga daliri,
>>                     Putol ang lima,
>>                     Dalawang tenga, may luga pa,
>>                     Ilong na may bara.
>>

>Here's a second verse (not 'irreverent'):
>                      Maliliit na ngipin
>                      Masarap kumain
>                      Dilang maliit, nagsasabing
>                      Huag kang magsinungaling.


Here's another close version:

		
		Sampung mga daliri
		Putol pa ang isa!
		Dalawang tenga
		May luga pa
		Ilong na may bara!

		Madidilaw na ngipin
		Mayron pang tinga!
		Dilang maliit
		nagsasabing
		"Ika'y tangang-TANGA!"




(please excuse the 'nice' words...[they had to rhyme, y' know?!])
-mc-
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: gerrys@ecs.comm.mot.com (Gerry Saqueton)
Subject: Re: Filipino grandfather
Organization: Motorola
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 18:16:03 GMT



Hi, my name is Gerry Saqueton.  I'm originally from the Beaverton area and am an 
American of Filipino background.  You may want to consider contacting the
Filipino-American Friendship Club of Oregon.  My parents are members and would 
be a good initial contact for answering your question.  You can call information.
They are now in Happy Valley, OR.


Ciao,

Gerry

In article <BxFn0C.Js@techbook.com>, cathy@techbook.com (Cathy Gaupo) writes:
> 
> My grandfather immigrated to the US about 50 years ago.  He married an
> Irish women and a few years later my father was born.
> 
> My grandfather died while my father was still young and he doesn't  
> remember very much.
> 
> My question is very simple.  Is the last name _Guapo_ very common? My
> grandfathers name was Corneliuos Guapo?  When he came to America, it was
> changed in spelling to gaupo.  I know he worked in Astoria Oregon for
> many years, but I have no idea where he first settled down in Oregon.
> I would be curious to know how common the last name is, and if anyone
> has any idea how I might learn more information.  (My grandmother is out
> of the question.)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Cathy
> 
> -- 
> cathy@techbook.COM  Public Access User --- Not affiliated with TECHbooks
> Public Access UNIX and Internet at (503) 220-0636 (1200/2400, N81)
> 
>
From: francis@mpl.ucsd.edu (Francis C Felizardo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Filipino grandfather
Date: 9 Nov 1992 17:01:42 GMT
Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
NNTP-Posting-Host: kiko.ucsd.edu

In article <BxFn0C.Js@techbook.com> cathy@techbook.com (Cathy Gaupo) writes:

>My question is very simple.  Is the last name _Guapo_ very common? My
>grandfathers name was Corneliuos Guapo?  When he came to America, it was
>changed in spelling to gaupo.  I know he worked in Astoria Oregon for
>many years, but I have no idea where he first settled down in Oregon.
>I would be curious to know how common the last name is, and if anyone
>has any idea how I might learn more information.  (My grandmother is out
>of the question.)

>Thanks,

>Cathy

It's not a very common surname. However, there is a Filipino fashion 
designer whose name is Cesar Gaupo. He has a boutique in Manila 
and some of his clothes are carried by SM Makati (I think.) Corrections 
welcome.

   - Francis
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From: jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: which long distance carrier
Date: 11 Nov 1992 15:16:08 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, bernal@spss.com (Raoul Bernal) says:

>jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy) writes:
>
>
>>which long distance carrier costs the cheapest for calls from
>>US to Manila ?
>
>>right now I have AT&T reach out world but I think it is not the cheapest.
>
>>jerry
>
>I have heard MCI rates are cheaper than AT&T, especially if you enroll in
>the Pacific Plan (which has been expanded to Worldwide Plan or something).
>The plan costs $3.00 a month, and the rate is 77 cents a minute/tax for
>calls between the designated hours (10am to 2am next day on weekdays, anytime
>during weekends).  My rates are Chicago-based - I don't know if they differ
>across continental US.  Plus, if you designate your Phils. number as your
>Friends/Family International number, the rate drops down to 66 cents/minute
>+ tax.
>

But in order to enroll in that plan, do I still have to supply 10 names
(??) that will have to switch to MCI also ? I thought about switching to
MCI once but as soon as the salesperson started naming all the requirements,
I thought it was too much hassle and besides, I can't come up with the
number of names they require.

I called sprint and their rate is supposed to be 77cents / min also,
but I don;t know if there is a $3 monthly fee or not.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: lvbcheng@media.mit.edu (Beethoven Cheng)
Subject: Re: "noli trivia"
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:10:04 GMT

>|>  1. in the first (?) chapter, a party was held at a certain boat.
>|>     name that boat !!

>tabo

Tabo? Isn't this in Fili?
And what party? I thought the party for Ibarra was given in Captian Tiago's
house (whatever his full name is, Capitan Santiago de los Santos, perhaps)

>|>
>|>  3. who was the lady who had a very ugly face, smoked tabako and
>|>     refused to acknowledge her heritage?
>|>
>dona victorina
I thought she didn't show up till Fili!? (when we first met her in the
boat, Tabo, going down the Pasig River in chapter one...)

Isn't it Dona Consolacion or something like that?

|>  4. what was the name of (3)'s husband ?
|>

(i forget - but he was a spanish loser)
Spanish loser was definitely Dona Victorina's hubby. His name is
Don Tiburcio de Espedana (hope I got the spelling right) though
again I believe he showed up only in Fili.

>|>  6. who was maria clara's real father ?
>|>

>padre damaso?

Never actually stated but correct.

|>  7. what is the entire name of maria clara's "foster" father?
|>

Capitan Tiago. Question though is, what was his full name...

|> 10. what was the name of (9)'s girl?
|>

Juli was Basilio's love interest in Fili, I think. Definitely
not Elias' girl as Cabesang Tales is a character in Fili while
Elias died at the end of Noli.


More bits to remember:
11. Who wrote in code because he believed that his writings
    were not for the eyes of people of that age?

12. What name did Ibarra use when he came back home the second
    time (in Fili)?

13. To whom did Rizal (Jose Mercado y Rizal?) dedicate Noli?

14. If Ibarra was Rizal himself, who was Maria Clara?







Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: farrell@mot.com (Tod Farrell)
Subject: Re: know any filipino stereotypes?
Organization: Motorola
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:48:29 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino

In article <BxHGDz.282@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, ajpg1322@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Angelo
J. Paguia) wrote:
> 
> abner@wente.llnl.gov (Abner F. Bello) writes:
> 
> >Well, Filipinos are known to be witty, intelligent,
> >good-looking and charming.  These are just stereotypes, but I
> >generally find these to be true of Filipinos.  Anyone care to
> >disagree?
> 
> Well, what about generous, loving, fun to be with, irresistible,
> considerate, well-informed, even-keeled, physically fit, and just
> darn attractive ?
> 
> Angelo
> Path: phylo!scott
> Date: 10 Nov 92 02:52:35 GMT
> Message-ID: <scott.721363955@phylo>

Humble?
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Gov Hopes to Resume Talks on Marcos Swiss Accounts
Date: 11 Nov 92 17:21:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: microlab.-111192122244
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

MANILA, the Philippines (UPI) -- The government's chief prosecutor
Tuesday said he hoped to resume talks this week with former first lady
Imelda Marcos, who holds $356 million of alleged public money in Swiss
bank accounts.
	Solicitor General Raul Goco, who wants the funds returned to the
Philippines, said he raised the issue recently with Marcos's lawyer,
Antonio Coronel.
	``Probably within the week we will be able to begin talks again,''
Goco told reporters. ``We are confident we will come out somehow with
very reasonable terms.''
	However, Coronel said Mrs. Marcos refused to proceed with talks until
the government stopped referring to the money as ``stolen.''
	``She has not been convicted of any offense, so it is a slur to her
dignity for the government to keep calling it 'ill-gotten,''' he said. 
``We want to negotiate on equal footing.''
	The Philippine government claims Mrs. Marcos and her late husband,
dictator Ferdinand Marcos, looted billions of dollars during the pair's
20 years in power.
	The Swiss government froze $356 million in the Marcos' accounts after
a civilian revolt drove the couple into exile in 1986.
	Ferdinand Marcos later died in Hawaii, but his wife returned home in
1991, despite civil and criminal charges pending against her for alleged
corruption.
	Last month, Switzerland agreed to transfer the Marcos' funds back to
Manila if both Mrs. Marcos and the Philippine government requested such
a move. Authorities expected the money to go into an escrow account
until Philippine courts decide who rightfully owns the funds.
	But after initially agreeing to such a move, Mrs. Marcos last week
reversed course after soldiers barred her from entering her parents'
tomb on All Saints' Day, when Filipinos traditionally pay respects to
their ancestors.
	As for the government, officials Monday rejected Mrs. Marcos'
counteroffer to have the $356 million put toward a foundation for
Philippine development projects.
From: francis@mpl.ucsd.edu (Francis C Felizardo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Filipino rhymes and songs
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:41:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: mpl.francis.77.0
Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
NNTP-Posting-Host: kiko.ucsd.edu

In article <92311.16:12:35.809554.Jeprox@perlas.ng.silangan> Jeprox@perlas.
ng.silangan (Laki sa Layaw) writes:>>
>Here's one:          Sampung mga daliri,
>                     Buhok at paa,
                      ^^^^^
Ummm, shouldn't this be 'kamay'? (hands)

>                     Dalawang tenga, dalawang mata,
>                     Ilong na maganda.
>

   - Francis
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From: user@mail.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Little Leauge Team -- epilogue
Date: 8 Nov 1992 21:24:54 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway

Full Text -- New York Times 142 (49,114) Nov. 8, 1992 sec 8 p6 col 1

Series Fraud Called Wider

The Phillippine Team that was stripped of the Little League World Series
title beacuse 8 of its 14 players proved to be imported from as far as 700
miles from the city it supposedly represented did not have a single
eligible player on the squad, a Manila newspaper said yesterday.

According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the six players who were really
from Zamboanga, the team's host city, were in fact overage imposters, two
of them 15-year-old high school sophomores. The Little League age limit is
12.

According to the account, for example, the team captain, Allan Bitun, was
portrayed by 14-year-old Junifer Pinero; the player known as Jemar Alfaro
was actually his 15-year-old cousin, Alvin Alfaro and a player listed as
Marlon Pintero was his 14-year-old brother, Melvin.

The fraud was so extensive, the newspaper said, that the parentsof some of
the imposters assumed the names of the parents of the players their sons
portrayed.

Ron Nelson, an official with the Long Beach, CA team that inherited the
World Series title after Zamboanga was disqualified, said he was not
surprised by the latest report. "We had suspected that," he said. "It's
something we had been waiting for"

Standard Disclaimer: 
    I am not responsible for comments that I make after 3:00 a.m. or after
5 cups of coffee, whichever comes first.
From: v128rsza@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Kage)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Recent Tagalog songs 2?
Date: 9 Nov 92 07:39:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

To everybody out there who is confused about the similar tunes with Chinese and
Filipino music, well, sometimes the Chinese do use some of the Filipino 
melodies.  This Chinese artist used Jose Marie Chan's melody to "Beautiful
girl".  It said so on the album.  There are also some Chinese songs that 
are popular right now with Filipino melodies from 10 years ago.  You know, the
tunes Basil Valdez or Sharon Cuneta would sing?  Are there any copyright laws
around?

Anyway, I really wanted to know if anybody know of any recent artists, and 
their albums whose songs are sung in tagalog.  Popular and recent songs in the
Philippines right now, do we have any?  I have Jose M Chan's album, it is 
really good, but it is in English.  I mean, I am really into those tagalog 
lyrics.  There are some of the words in the songs that is better expressed 
in tagalog than in english.  

I am sick of listening to Imelda Papin's "Kung liligaya ka... sa piling ng
iba!"  Know the song?

Well, thanks again.     
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: sobejana@hplabsz.hpl.hp.com (Regina Sobejana)
Subject: Re: "noli trivia"
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 01:15:03 GMT
Organization: Bill & Dave's Garage
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

buti pa kayo, may panahon pang mag palaisipan....

hmmm...makadapo nga... 

From: albert@mathlab.sunysb.edu (Jose Ramon Albert)
>
>while we're on pala-isipan (thanks to willie), let's see if we can 
>answer the following "noli me tangere" trivia:
>
> 1. in the first (?) chapter, a party was held at a certain boat.  
>    name that boat !!           ^^^^^

        Rak-da-bowt? :-)

> 2. what is the actual family name of crisostomo?

	Crisostomo Ibarra

> 3. who was the lady who had a very ugly face, smoked tabako and
>    refused to acknowledge her heritage? 
          ~
	Dona Mitring de Falayfay!  :-)

> 4. what was the name of (3)'s husband ?

	Don Toribio (or was that Don Terible?)  :-)

> 5. who was (3)'s nemesis ?
          ~
	Dona Imelda de Makot y Kikay

> 6. who was maria clara's real father ?  
       
        Naku Toots.... magsabi ka na ng tutoo.. huh :-)

> 7. what is the entire name of maria clara's "foster" father?

	MC Hammer :-)

> 8. what were the names of sisa's children ?

	Basilio and Crispin

> 9. who saved crisostomo from the authorities ?

	Nakalimutan Ko

>10. what was the name of (9)'s girl?

	Nine (number nine that is :-)

>bonus :  what is the full name of our national hero? 

    Dolphy.... I mean Jose Rizal


my memory is out of sync, so that's it for now.

back to work,
Ginnie
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