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From: josem@manila.Eng.Sun.COM (Jose R. Montilla)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Any Lourdesians out there ???
Date: 23 Dec 1992 00:08:38 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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specifically, from Mandaluyong..

just curious..... 

please email me directly


josem@manila.Eng.Sun.COM

thanks

joey

PS. Maligayang Pasko Sa Inyong Lahat

Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: castillo@tango.cchs.su.oz.au
Subject: Re:  Sampaguita
Organization: Cumberland College of Health Sciences
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 07:50:09 GMT

article <271@cnmhnet.UUCP>, keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard) writes:
> I am in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I am trying to
> find some way of obtaining the flower called "Sampuguita".
> It is supposedly the Filipino National Flower.  I understand
> that it won't grow here naturally, but I have a greenhouse
> and I'm sure it will grow in there.  Can someone help me 
> in obtaining this flower?  I think it is a bulbous plant.
> If so, can someone tell me how I can get a bulb?  Is anyone
> going to the Philippines anytime soon, and can bring one
> back?
> I'd appreciate any help I can get.  My wife would really
> love it if I could find this flower.  Thanks a lot,
> or "Maraming Salamat".

I believe that this Sampaguita is the same with the Biblical Jasmine here in
Sydney.  Most of filipino family (excluding my family) got this plant at it is
very easy to grow and the cost per plant is around A$8.00.

One time, I went to Cabramatta (where most Vietnamese and Thailander lives) and
one vietnamese guy who was selling a lot of tropical plants ask me if I want to
buy a sampaguita and he showed that to me.  He is also selling a Chico tree,
Mango Carabao Tree, Atis tree, Guyabano Tree and the Jackfruit.  Too bad, I
don't have much space to plant all of this things.  But I do have some tropical
tree in my backyard just like Guava Tree and Cooking (saba) Banana tree.

Oh well, I better say a very Merry Christ-mas and a prosperous new year to all
of you SCF'er before I forget.  As someone said, don't drive while in the
influence of alcohol... or don't drink any alcoholic beverage at all.

regards,
tony
From: an3892@anon.penet.fi
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: US Accuses Man of Spying for Phils
Date: 30 Dec 92 05:35:26 GMT
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.filipino

NY Times Dec. 29, 1992 pA10 col3

Washington, Dec. 28 -- A martial arts instructor was arrested on Sunday and
charged with obtaining classified information from a C.I.A. employee in
Manila and passing them to the Philippine Government, law-enforcement
officials announced today.

The instructor, Jose Garfield Brown was arrested at Dulles International
Airport outside Washington. He is an American citizen who works as a tae
kwon do instructor for the Philippine Department of Tourism in Manila.

Mr. Brown, 44, was lured to the United States with a fake offer from the
Central Intelligence Agency to teach tae kwon do to its staff, a Federal
official said.

He was charged today in Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va., with one
count of conspiring to commit espionage. If convicted, he could be
sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.

The C.I.A. employee, Virginia Barnes pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on
May 22 and was sentenced to 41 months in prison after agreeing to cooperate
with the Government.

Mr. Brown's lawyer, Alan H. Yamamoto, did not answer telephone calls
seeking comment this afternoon. The Philippine Embassy in Washington
declined to comment on the arrest.

Mr. Brown passed two documents to Philippine officials, according to an
affidavit filed today in Federal court by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. One document described the use of briefcase bombs by Iraqi
terrorists. The other was a list of political officials singled out for
assassination by Filipino terrorists, the affidavit said, adding that the
United States ambassador to the Philippines was on the list.

Mr. Brown was working as a tae kwon do instructor in 1990 when Ms. Baynes,
an intelligence agency employee in Manila, enrolled in his class, the
affidavit said.

The two became friends, Mr. Scafidi said . Ms. Baynes printed out both
documents and gave them to Mr. Brown on Feb. 5, 1991, the affidavit said.

Ms. Baynes pleaded guilty in May to the unauthorized disclosure of
classified information to someone without a security clearance.

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From: dannya@ESD.3Com.COM (Danny Alvendia)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Pilipino Movie: Lucia
Date: 22 Dec 92 18:41:26 GMT
Organization: 3Com Corporation


  Last night, around 11:30, I happened to catch a portion of Lino Brocka's
  movie, Lucia, on channel 9 (Bay Area, SF).

  THe movie had subtitles, and the actors/actresses were not familiar. However,
  the movie was very well acted and depicts the plight of a typical poor family
  in the Philippines trying to make life better.

  While watching this film, I felt sad and disheartened for our country and the
  poor. Talk about poor, it has been a long time since I last seen people living
  in make-shift houses, seeing this movie woke me up again to the horrors and 
  hardships a vast majority of our people go through.

  There are many poor people in our country that try to upgrade their life but
  nothing seems to work and tragedy always strikes. In this movie, foriegn
  investors are assisted more by the government than our poor. The poor are
  forced out of their homes and clash with the police, etc... The poor women
  turn to prostitution just to further their life and hopefully bring their
  family out of poverty. Children peddle drugs to earn money. The police are
  also shown as suppliers of drugs and demand bribes and only serve to hamper
  growth. OUR "protectors" are our own offenders.

  I did not get to see the whole movie but from the portion that I saw, the
  movie was well done. This was shown as part of Channel 9's show Developing
  Series or Movies, emceed by James Edward Olmos.

  Reality check sets in when you watch this movie. This is as close to reality
  as you can get. I sure hope the present administration can do something for
  the country or at least give the people a sense of pride and dignity in being  
  a Filipino. 

  I am not sure if this movie is available on video.

  Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon sa inyong lahat. Magingat kayo at 
  tandaan, huwag magmaneho kung nakainom.

  /Danny
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: cyprich@fraser.sfu.ca (Dusan Cyprich)
Subject: Filipino Newspapers
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:20:12 GMT

    I'm trying to get some newspapers from the Phillipines and I don't
know where to look for them. If anyone out there knows of one, could
you give me the name and address of it? Or can you send me one if you
feel a little generous. My address is:

    Dusan Johan Cyprich Jr.
    Box 43024 Richmond Centre P.O.
    1640-6551 No. 3 Rd.
    Richmond, B.C., Canada
    V6Y-2B8

Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: htodino@student.business.uwo.ca (Honorio S. Todino)
Subject: notebook PC's
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 04:37:41 GMT

Manigong bagong taon sa inyong lahat!
I will be going to the Philippines for a conference/vacation in February. 
I am hoping to have a notebook PC to keep working on my research (while 
sitting on the beach in La Union, under the coconut trees--aaaah). Now my 
questions are: If any of you have tried to handcarry a PC back have you 
had problems with Customs? Will they ask for lagay or for customs fees? 
Do I need to prove that I will bring it back here? If so how? 
Alternatively, would it be cheaper to buy a notebook PC in the Phil. than 
here? Do we have any local manufacturers or stuff from Taiwan, etc.?
Tips and suggestions will be appreciated. Salamat po.

htodino@student.business.uwo.ca (Honorio S. Todino)
Western Business School  --  London, Ontario
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: garces_ro@uswrsl.enet.dec.com (JRG)
Subject: Re: Don Bosco Manda Grads
Organization:  WSLMC Sunnyvale
Distribution: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:26:08 GMT


In article <1992Dec29.205226.23567@tfs.com>, jorge@tfs.com (I shall return) writes...
> 
>Hi. Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon sa inyong lahat.
> 
>I just thought I'd locate all Don Bosco Technical Institute grads out there
>in the net.   Particularly Grads of 1975.
> 

	Can't help to post it here. Class of '84 High School. Those days 
	it was called Don Bosco Technical College. 

	By the way, next month there should be an Alumni Meeting back home.
	It's usually the last week of January. Remember ?


	JR Garces

	 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: an3892@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Fraszczack Tells of Ordeal
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 03:41:15 GMT

        MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- A Chicago missionary held hostage 69 days
in the southern Philippine jungles said Thursday his Muslim captors
frequently threatened to shoot him in the head or slowly cut him up if
his superiors did not pay their ransom demands.
        Government troops had launched a massive operation against the

        Fraszczack, 55, of Chicago, said he told his captors that church
officials would not pay a ransom and dared them to carry out their
threats.
        ``I said do not waste time and kill me now because you will not get
five million pesos ($200,000),'' Fraszczack said in a news conference in
Manila called by the Franciscan order to which he belongs.
        The missionary said he was constantly transferred to avoid detection
and at one time was kept in a tree house. He said he lost track of time
and celebrated Christmas twice.
        Fraszczack, a Chinese-trained acupuncturist, was snatched at gunpoint
Oct. 21 in Basilan on his way to treat a sick resident.
        Joey Tugung, a local Muslim official who negotiated the missionary's
release, said no ransom was paid but that he gave two pairs of expensive
sunglasses, a hand-held radio, food and cigarettes to the kidnappers as
``token gifts.''
        Clad in a dark brown Franciscan monk's habit, Fraszczack looked pale
and weak but smiled and joked with reporters who attended the news
conference at a suburban Manila parish run by Franciscan friars.
        ``I was the tallest and most handsome,'' he said when asked why he
was the one kidnapped when there are other foreigners in Basilan.
        ``The water buffalo became my taxicab,'' he said, referring the
transportation used when he was moved from one hideout to another.
        He said he tried to track down the number of days he was in captivity
by scratching lines on a piece of wood with a nail he had picked up.
        When he thought it was Christmas eve, he celebrated mass alone inside
a hut that had served as his prison. He realized he was mistaken several
days later when his captors told him to write a note on Dec. 24 asking
Church officials to pay the ransom.
        ``I knew the next day was Christmas so I celebrated it twice,'' he
said with a smile.
        Fraszczack said his captors ``did not really know who to take,'' but
the gang leader told him later he was chosen for kidnapping because it
would attract international attention.
        He said he would obey his kidnappers' warning for him to stay away
from Basilan.
        ``There is no use tempting the Lord...why should I go back and make
another scene,'' he said.
        Fraszczack's superiors, meanwhile, called for an official
investigation of the kidnapping.

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From: calveros@ava.bcc.orst.edu (Silvino Calvero)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Greetings
Date: 26 Dec 1992 04:07:23 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: ajpg1322@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Angelo J. Paguia)
Subject: Re: PH: Ramos appeals to Saudi Arabia king for Filipino preacher (forwarded from SEASIA-L)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:07:35 GMT

I found the following two articles in another newsgroup. I thought
it might interest other people. Maligayang Pasko sa inyong lahat
at Maligo kayo sa Bagong Taon ! (No, really, Manigong Bagong Taon!).

Angelo

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First Article:

From:         "John R. Covert 23-Dec-1992 0729" <covert@COVERT.ENET.DEC.COM>
Subject:      Pray on Christmas Day for this martyr for Christ

    a Filipino Christian missionary is scheduled to be executed in Saudi
    Arabia on Christmas Day.

    he was charged with preaching the gospel.
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Second Article:

Subject: Re: Pray on Christmas Day for this martyr for Christ

>Is anyone doing anything practical. Like voicing a protest to our
>government?  -- Mary Matejka

Mary, I'm glad you wrote this.  It moved me to get more details on the
story in preparation for making some phone calls to the State Department,
and possibly to the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia.

Fortunately, I found out that it won't be necessary.  The Philippine
Embassy informs me that the Philippine government was able to successfully
negotiate the release of the Philippine missionaries, who will be deported
to the Philippines within the next few days.  I am also informed that the
reports carried on a number of major radio and TV networks that one of them
had been sentenced to death were incorrect.

/john
From: gustilo@pop-server.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Executed preacher
Date: 29 Dec 92 05:04:05 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1992Dec28.135802.15143@odin.corp.sgi.com>,
labson@borneo.corp.sgi.com (Joel Labson) wrote:
> 
> Any follow-up on the Christian Minister to be executed in Saudi on
> Christmas Day??????

They were not executed (I believe there were two persons involved). Rather,
they were deported to the Phils. Ramos did ask the Saudis for their
release.

I am not at all certain that they were to be beheaded -- someone correct me
on this.


Standard Disclaimer:
  I am not responsible for comments that I make after 3:00 AM or after five
cups of coffee, whichever comes first.
From: jayc@paragon.EBay.Sun.COM (John C)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Pilipino Movie: Lucia
Date: 23 Dec 1992 23:43:22 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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I think if I'm not mistaken the actress that portrayed the
mother role is Lolita Rodriguez, Miss Lucita Soriano also is
in the movie.

I saw it in it's entirety, it sure is very touching.
Dapat FAMAS contender.

John C.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: an3892@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Ramos Orders Prisoners Released
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 05:18:23 GMT

        MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- Leftist political prisoners will be among
those released by the government in its bid to bolster peace efforts
with communist rebels, President Fidel Ramos said Monday.
        In his weekly news conference, Ramos denied charges he was playing
favorites by releasing all right-wing rebels while keeping more than 500
alleged communist insurgents in jail.
        The president said he had ordered a top-level committee to include
leftists detained for political crimes ``in the pursuit of their
ideological beliefs.''
        ``Many of these so-called extreme leftists are going to benefit from
this,'' Ramos said.
        Assistant Chief State Prosecutor Nilo Mariano said two communist
rebels convicted of the 1989 ambush-slaying of U.S. Army Col. James
Rowe, ground commander of the Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group and 21
others had been recommended for release under Ramos' directive.
        Alleged communist guerrillas Donato Continente and Juanito Itaas were
convicted and jailed last year for the murder of Rowe, a Vietnam veteran
and counter-insurgency expert.
        Washington had requested the government refuse amnesty to Rowe's
killers.
        Satur Ocampo, alleged former chairman of the underground National
Democratic Front (NDF), had criticized the government for appearing to
favor military rebels while failing to free the majority of Marxist
political detainees.
        ``There's an element that it's a family quarrel,'' he said. ``It's
like the prodigal son returning. This is not building confidence but
eroding confidence.
        ``The NDF remains dissatisfied at the rate of releases of the
political prisoners of the left. The NDF is questioning the sincerity of
the Ramos government in the peace effort,'' he said.
        Last week the government freed more than 60 soldiers jailed for
participating in the seven coup attempts during the six-year term of
former president Corazon Aquino. Formal negotiations with right-wing
rebels are set to begin in January.
        Mariano said 349 communist guerrillas have been freed by the
government.
        Ramos has offered peace to left-wing guerrillas, right-wing
insurgents and Muslim separatists in the south in a bid to unite the
country. Talks with the communist guerrillas and Muslim rebels have been
stymied by their demands to hold discussions in third countries.
        Ramos has insisted formal talks take place in the Philippines.

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From: lambino@cirrus.com (Dave Lambino)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: christmas greetings
Keywords: Christmas
Date: 24 Dec 92 16:33:51 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.

Mabuhay at Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon sa inyong lahat 

peace brothers and sisters


dave lambino
From: an3892@anon.penet.fi
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Claudio Teehankee Jr. Found Guilty
Date: 31 Dec 92 04:24:34 GMT
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.filipino


        MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- The son of a prominent former Supreme Court
chief justice was convicted Tuesday of the 1991 murders of an American
youth and a Filipino teen-ager and sentenced to serve two life terms in
prison. Judge Job Madayag sentenced Claudio Teehankee Jr. in the deaths
of Roland John Chapman, son of a U.S. Embassy communications officer,
and Filipino Maureen Hultman on July 13, 1991.

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: jorge@tfs.com (I shall return)
Subject: Looking for R. Garces
Organization: TRW Financial Systems
Distribution: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:21:25 GMT

I apologize to this group for posting this message here.

To R. Garces (garces_ro@usrsl.enet.dec.com?):

You replied to my posting on Don Bosco Manda grads and I tried to
send you mail using your posted address but with no luck.  Will you please
reply to me by email again.  I would like to start a No. Ca. Don Bosco group
and would very much like to hear from you.

Again, thanks to this group for their patience.

Jorge Vera
email: jorge@tfs.com

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