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From: francis@mpl.ucsd.edu (Francis C Felizardo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: VISA help
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:31:54 GMT
Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
NNTP-Posting-Host: kiko.ucsd.edu

In article <1992Jul29.031200.11675@news.cs.brandeis.edu> millan@binah.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
>From: millan@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
>Subject: VISA help
>Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 03:12:00 GMT

>Dear SCF-ers,
>  I am writing to request any information from people in the know.
>I am planning to visit Manila this December, mainly to enjoy the 
>Filipino pasko, but also to have my US VISA renewed.
>  If i remember correctly, when i got my visa two years ago, it
>was only about two weeks between the application and actual inter-
>view, then an extra week to issuance. I hear from my friends back
>home that it is now three weeks from application to interview,
>then another three weeks to actual issuance of visa. Can anybody
>confirm this? and if true, can anybody offer any suggestions to
>get up, over, under, or around this six week hurdle, as i can only
>take three weeks to a month off from work and studies.
>  Also, while we're at it, can anybody supply the PHONE and FAX
>number of the US Consulate there in Manila?
>  Will really appreciate any info you can provide.
>  Thanx a lot,

>  M I K O    M I L L A N
>  Brandeis University


When my wife and I got her F-2 visa last year, we got an appointment date 
that was three weeks from the day we lined up for it. However, we got her 
passport back (with the VISA stamp) the day after our interview.

My impression is that if you have a research or teaching assistantship OR 
some form of 'sure money' guarantee, you can get your F-1 on the first try. 
Just make sure you have ALL the necessary papers to back up your case. The 
consuls are known to jump on ANY small inconsistency in your documentation.
I always bring with me the phone numbers of my adviser and the chief 
administrator in our department so that if there's any question at all in 
the validity of any of my papers, I can always tell them to call these 
people up for verification. I have absolutely no idea if it will help but 
having these phone numbers always gave me peace of mind.

Anyway, good luck.

   - Francis
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Francis C Felizardo				francis@mpl.ucsd.edu
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 0213	      (619) 534 1085
La Jolla, CA 92093-0213
From: francis@mpl.ucsd.edu (Francis C Felizardo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Are FilAms naturally Republican or Democrat?
Date: 22 Jul 1992 23:55:04 GMT
Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
NNTP-Posting-Host: kiko.ucsd.edu

From: Jason G Velasco <quadrun@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>

>No way.  Being Filipino and Democrat have nothing to do with each other.
>It's probably more of a regional thing; the attitudes in California are WAY
>different from the attitudes on the East Coast...  (or compared to most of
>the country, in fact...  doesn't northern Calif. want to separate from
>southern Calif. because of this?)

Funny, people I talk politics to here think the 'east coast establishment' 
attitudes are completely out of step with the rest of the country. When I 
was in Texas two years ago, I got the same impression from the oil platform 
workers I talked to. (BTW, I stayed in Boston for 4.5 years and half a year 
in SD. I'm probably more 'Bostonian' than 'San Diegan'.)

Actually, Southern Cal is politically conservative. Republican candidates 
prosper quite well here. It helps that San Diego is a big Navy town. 
Most people I know here are either in the Navy, were formerly in the Navy, 
or are related to someone who is/was in the Navy.

Personally, I think the Democrats have done a better job on race related 
issues and minority concerns than the Republicans have.  I would think that 
these would be good come ons for FilAm political activists and leaders. 
I watched the national conventions of the two parties four years ago and I 
thought the Democrat delegates were much more racially diverse than the 
Republican delegates were. You could probably say the same for this years 
delegates too.

>BTW, I'm a first generation FilAm, and I am a Republican...

>Jason

Comments welcome.

   - Francis
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Francis C Felizardo				francis@mpl.ucsd.edu
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 0213	      (619) 534 1085
La Jolla, CA 92093-0213
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: stanm@comm.mot.com (Stan Macasieb)
Subject: Re: Phil Olympic Info
Reply-To: stanm@comm.mot.com
Organization: Motorola
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 13:43:37 GMT

In article 21084@news.media.mit.edu, lvbcheng@lisztcrl.dec.com (Beethoven Cheng) writes:
>>Too bad the PBA Dream Team couldn't qualify. You know those
>>Chinese athletes. The best science can engineer. :)
>                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
>And what may I ask does that mean? 

It's what's called a _backhanded compliment_ in my book. But it's
not what you think.

Running the risk of being royally flamed by the Chinese community,
whom up until now I've had relatively good relation with, the
transfer of the East German sports apparatus to the PRC has
produced athletes in much the same way E Germany had produced 
athletes for the last 30 years.

It is a well-known fact that many of their coaches, trainers,
and doctors have experimented with performance-enhancement drugs
on their athletes. It is also a well-known fact that they did
everything they could to make sure their athletes didn't turn up
positive on their drug tests. These facts have been uncovered
in recent news periodicals.

It stands to reason that the sudden rise of PRC athletes in
international competition can be correlated to the arrival
of E German coaching and staff.

Then again, the PRC always had an excellent hoops team, steroids
or otherwise. So the last statement does not apply to them.

Clear? OK. Back to more seminal subjects. Go Philippines!

--Stan Macasieb (stanm@comm.mot.com)
From: maridai@ecs.comm.mot.com (Marida Ignacio)
Subject: Si Sisa: Noon at Ngayon (One Other Philippine Battle)
Organization: Motorola Land Mobile Products Sector
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:10:58 GMT

Has it been 20-23 years ago ever since the communist insurgency
    started?
What actually started it?
Was it due to the Marcos government or has it been due to some
    external (international) communist influence that wants to
    overtake the Philippines?
From whom?  The Americans or the Common Filipino people?
Is there possibilities to eradicate it all or none whatsoever?
Should it be settled through compromise?
If ever there is, do you agree with a compromise and not a total
    eradication? Why?
Can one foretell one or several solutions to this based on compromise
    and if implemented, when and how can Filipinos be assured
    that it is all settled and won't rekindle again?  Should the
    UN type of ceasefire to Iraq be imposed?
Do you agree that there should really be separate government?
How can both parties (gov't vs. communists) realize that this is
    going nowhere and just causing our country more burden?
Should the Catholic Church step in at all?  How?
Is this insurgency necessary at all to any government system?
    What for?  An argument? or a challenge?
Does our country (and people) have to live  with this for the
    rest of its life?  All these gunbattles in the South,
    manslaughter of gov't officials, kidnappings of gov't
    officials and foreigners?
                   
I am afraid for our country.
The Philippines is too small to carry too much division,
    burden and sufferings.
Kaliit-liit lang nga, paghahati-hatiin pa ba?

(Makita pa kaya ni Sisa si Krispin?)

 


Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: aco@fraser.sfu.ca (Alvin Milton Co)
Subject: Re: Pinoy Movies....Etc, Etc
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 01:22:37 GMT

GE.TEG@forsythe.stanford.edu (Tito E. Gervacio) writes:

>Lyn Francisco writes:
>->
>->I knew  of  their  existence  for  a  while.   Sound  surprising?
>->Perhaps.   When  I  was  young,  my  parents would mention "bomba
>->films, not for your young eyes".  It was  not  too  difficult  to
>->notice where the films came from, anyway.
>->
>->I guess it does not get much public advertisement:   these  films
>->just get known by word of mouth.
>->
>->This was just pieced together from fragmented memories so perhaps
>->someone else has more to contribute ...
>->

>       If my memory  serves  me  right,  the  production  of
>  'bomba'  films peaked during the Marcos years, when Imelda
>  became the czarina of Philippine arts and culture.  I hear
>  that   they   are   lame   compared   to   other   foreign
>  (non-Filipino) versions.

>       The bottom line, really, is that the Filipino society
>  is not exempted to  this  type  of  filmmaking.   Somewhat
>  amusing,  our 'actresses', if they can be labeled as such,
>  are   accused   of   immense   exaggeration,    i.e.    OA
>  (over-acting).

>       I'm positive that people out there have more  to  say
>  on  this,  the  development  of  Filipino moviemaking.  Or
>  shall  we  say,  the  expansion  of  the  Filipino   movie
>  ventures.



>                                    -TEG   

Anything for a *Profit* for a struggling country like ours!

Boris!
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Imelda's Departure for Hong Kong Delayed
Date: 28 Jul 92 16:19:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: netnews.84621
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- Immigration officials grounded former
first ladyImelda Marcos Tuesday, minutes before she was scheduled to fly
off to Hong Kong on her first trip out of the Philippines since she
returned from exile last year.
	Airport authorities said they refused to allow Marcos onto her Cathay
Pacific flight because she did not have a written departure order from
Immigration Commissioner Zafrerio Respecio.
	About an hour later, Justice Secretary Franklin Drilon ordered the
immigration officers to let the widow of ousted President Ferdinand
Marcos onto the plane, but the flight already had left.
	``The damage has been done,'' Marcos said at the airport. ``Our
appointments in Hong Kong had already been scheduled. You must remember
we are already delayed for over a week.''
	Tuesday's incident was the latest in what has become a tug of war
between the Philippine authorities Marcos' lawyers over her planned trip
to Hong Kong.
	She secured court permission July 17 to travel to Hong Kong for
meetings she claimed could speed an out-of-court settlement of her
dozens of civil charges linked to alleged corruption during her
husband's 20-year rule.
	But judges blocked the trip three days later because of opposition
from government prosecutors and a security bond that Marcos had failed
to pay.
	Drilon said Tuesday the Justice Department felt there was no longer
any legal obstacle preventing Marcos from traveling to Hong Kong.
	Manila agreed to negotiate a settlement with the Marcos family on
their alleged ill-gotten billions because it feared it could end up with
nothing if it continued to pursue the cases in court.
	Marcos faces 36 civil charges. She also faces 51 criminal charges,
which the government said would not be included in any settlement offer.
A six-year effort under former president Corazon Aquino failed to
recover money allegedly looted under the Marcos government.
	The family was chased into exile during a 1986 revolt that swept
Aquino to power. Mr. Marcos died in exile in 1989. His widow and
children returned to the Philippines late last year.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: GE.TEG@forsythe.stanford.edu (Tito E. Gervacio)
Subject: Erap Movies On Video?
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 04:18:23 GMT



        Pardon my being out-of-touch, but does anyone know
if there are any Erap movies that are available on video?

        I may have to start watching them.

        Thanks.

                                        -TEG
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Vietnam Opens Fishing Port in Spratlys
Date: 28 Jul 92 16:22:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: netnews.84623
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	BANGKOK, Thailand (UPI) -- Vietnam recently set up a fishing port in
the disputed Spratly islands, the state-run Vietnamese News Agency (VNA)
said in a report monitored here Tuesday.
	``A fishing port was inaugurated on July 19 at a major island in the
Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago to meet the increasing activities of
state-owned fishing enterprises and private fishermen in the area,'' VNA
said.
	``Apart from being an anchoring and sheltering place for fishing
boats and ships the port will also serve as a fuel supply station and
provide other services for fishermen.''
	Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines claim
sovereignty all or part of the Spratlys, an archipelago in the South
China Sea.
	The islands, which are sprinkled across major shipping lanes, are
believed to hold vast reserves of mineral and oil.
	All claimants except Brunei have military installations in the
islands and the dispute is considered potentially explosive.
	China last February passed a law reiterating its claim over the
Spratlys and reserving the right to use military force there.
	Hanoi also issued a protest to Beijing earlier this month after
Chinese troops planted a territorial marker on a reef in the islands.
	Vietnam and China fought a brief naval battle over the Spratlys in
1988, which left 77 Vietnamese sailors dead and two of Hanoi's patrol
boats at the bottom of the sea. Chinese casualties, if any, are unknown.
	The VNA report said ``Mai Duc Chinh, vice-chairman of the People's
Committee of Khanh Hoa Province, of which the Truong Sa (Spratly)
islands are an administration unit, and Nguyen Van Chi, chairman of the
people's committee of Truong Sa district, were present at the
inauguration'' of the fishing port last week.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: GE.TEG@forsythe.stanford.edu (Tito E. Gervacio)
Subject: Pinoy Movies....Etc, Etc
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 23:22:27 GMT

Lyn Francisco writes:
->
->I knew  of  their  existence  for  a  while.   Sound  surprising?
->Perhaps.   When  I  was  young,  my  parents would mention "bomba
->films, not for your young eyes".  It was  not  too  difficult  to
->notice where the films came from, anyway.
->
->I guess it does not get much public advertisement:   these  films
->just get known by word of mouth.
->
->This was just pieced together from fragmented memories so perhaps
->someone else has more to contribute ...
->
->Lyn Francisco
->VMS System Manager in Training
->mfrancis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu

       If my memory  serves  me  right,  the  production  of
  'bomba'  films peaked during the Marcos years, when Imelda
  became the czarina of Philippine arts and culture.  I hear
  that   they   are   lame   compared   to   other   foreign
  (non-Filipino) versions.

       The bottom line, really, is that the Filipino society
  is not exempted to  this  type  of  filmmaking.   Somewhat
  amusing,  our 'actresses', if they can be labeled as such,
  are   accused   of   immense   exaggeration,    i.e.    OA
  (over-acting).

       I'm positive that people out there have more  to  say
  on  this,  the  development  of  Filipino moviemaking.  Or
  shall  we  say,  the  expansion  of  the  Filipino   movie
  ventures.

                                    -TEG
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Olympics Swimming -- Phil Results
Date: 28 Jul 92 16:48:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: netnews.84629
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

repost from  rec.sport.olympics

From: rswiftrw@cc.curtin.edu.au (Rod Swift)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
Subject: SWIM: Results-W's 200m Freestyle Heats
Date: 28 Jul 92 06:03:54 GMT
Organization: -=[ Curtin University ]=-  Perth, Australia.

SWIMMING - Women's 200m Freestyle HEATS
=======================================
at Piconnell Pool, Montjuic 

HEAT 1:
-------
1	THOMPSON, Gillian		PHI	2:07.95
2	LAMSAM, Robyn			HKG	2:08.60
3	MARENCO, Maria Jose		ELS	2:09.36
4	PINEDA, Claudia Fortin		HON	2:12.24
5 	PICKERING, Sharon		FIJ	2:12.43 
6	CABRERA, Paola			BOL	2:15.74

>stuff deleted

sub 2:00 times were needed to qualify

** Results complete **
  
Rod Swift
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From: francis@MPL.UCSD.EDU (Francis C Felizardo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Fw: Re: Are FilAms naturally Republican or Democrat?
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:30:37 GMT
Reply-To: francis@mpl.ucsd.edu

Jason asked me to post this. I'll add my comments later. FCF

------------------------------
From: Jason G Velasco <quadrun@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
 Wed, 22 Jul 1992 13:24:13 -0400
To: francis@mpl.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: Are FilAms naturally Republican or Democrat?


No way.  Being Filipino and Democrat have nothing to do with each other.
It's probably more of a regional thing; the attitudes in California are WAY
different from the attitudes on the East Coast...  (or compared to most of
the country, in fact...  doesn't northern Calif. want to separate from
southern Calif. because of this?)

BTW, I'm a first generation FilAm, and I am a Republican...

Jason
-- 
Jason Velasco                                      quadrun@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
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Francis C Felizardo                             francis@mpl.ucsd.edu
Scripps Institution of Oceanography 0213              (619) 534-1085
La Jolla, CA 92093-0213
From: bongalon@tcad05.intel.com (Ben Bongalon)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: to STAC and SF Bay Area Folks
Date: 28 Jul 92 21:16:52 GMT
Reply-To: bongalon@tcad05.intel.com (Ben Bongalon)


In article <1992Jul27.042809.2364@mailhost.ocs.mq.edu.au>,
mary@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (Mary Rose de la Cruz) writes:
|> hello all you Expats!
|> I will be in the San Francisco Bay Area in the first half of August.  I also
|> plan to be at the Boston Macworld show from Aug 3-8.  If it's possible, I'm
|> really interested in meeting some of you folks, especially the STAC
people. Do
|> [stuff deleted]
|>
|> Joel Disini
|> d1749@applelink.apple.com
|> joel_disini@disini.ph

Joel, pls let me know (preferably via email) the dates you will be in the
Bay Area.  I will arrange with the other STAC netters the best day/time/place 
to meet.  

Also if there are any other s.c.f. netters who would like to meet with
Joel, pls email me so we can coordinate schedules.

thanks.
Ben Bongalon
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: mfrancis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: Re: Of Donkeys and Elephants (Again)
Reply-To: mfrancis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 02:36:34 GMT

(Tito E. Gervacio) writes:

>       An addendum to the FilAm party affiliation curiosity,
>
>
>       San Jose Mercury News (7/24/92) cites:
>
>               "According to a computer analysis by  Winning
>          Data  Inc.   of  Santa Clara, Chinese-Americans in
>          Santa Clara County are  slightly  more  Republican
>          than  Democratic,  whereas Korean-Americans divide
>          their party loyalties equally.  Japanese-Americans
>          and    Filipino-Americans    are    overwhelmingly
>          Democratic."
>
>       Silicon Valley may not be a microcosm of Fil-Am politiks,
>       but it shows some interesting trend.

Now, this is interesting.  I don't know how much people know of the 
history of Filipinos in the Silicon Valley ... it was something I
read about while compiling a reading list for a contemporary issues
course while I was still at UCSD ... and considering the history of
oppression against Filipino migrant workers there in the ... was it
1930s or so? ... this trend of Silicon Valley Filipinos in politics
does not surprise me.

--
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Lyn Francisco, First Year Graduate Student	|"There is no power stronger
Brandeis University, Dept of Chemistry		| Than gentleness of heart."
BitNet:    mfrancis@brandeis.bitnet		|
Internet:  mfrancis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu	|	--Jose Marie Chan
==============================================================================
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: ASEAN Says Burmese Gov Legit
Date: 27 Jul 92 15:35:04 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- ASEAN said Saturday it considers the
military regime in Burma the country'ss legitimate government and
rejected a call by major Western trade partners to publicly push Rangoon
to improve its human rights record.
	Philippine Ambassador Romualdo Ong told reporters the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations chose to maintain its policy of constructive
dialogue toward its neighbor's martial law rulers.
	``We have not taken ourselves the decision to politically isolate
Myanmar (Burma),'' Ong said. ``In fact, we would like to encourage more
dialogues.''
	Asked if ASEAN considered Burma's ruling military junta, known as the
State Law and Order Restoration Council, as legitimate, Ong said, ``Yes.
We have diplomatic relations with Rangoon. We don't have any reason to
doubt the legality of the SLORC.''
	Ong also refused to comment on whether the continued detention of
Burmese opposition leader and Nobel peace prize winner, Aung San Suu
Kyi, was acceptable to ASEAN, declaring, ``We don't like to stand in
public judgement of a neighbor.''
	Foreign ministers of ASEAN, which groups the Philippines, Malaysia,
Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei, met for two days early this
week to discuss trade and security issues.
	They later held a conference with their major trading partners,
including Japan, the United States, Canada and the European Community.
	The United States led the industrialized nations Friday in urging
ASEAN to push Burma to improve its human rights record by releasing all
political prisoners immediately and restoring democracy.
	Ong defended ASEAN's present approach, saying it has yielded positive
results.
	Burma, he said, has released ``a fairly large number'' of political
detainees and relaxed restrictions around Suu Kyi, allowing visits by
her British husband and two sons.
	``We feel that we would like to continue along this track,'' Ong
said. ``We are not attracted to the idea of a joint ASEAN demarche on
Myanmar.''
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: cayabyab@apache.enet.dec.com (Willie Cayabyab)
Subject: Fil. Store in Boston
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:19:49 GMT




>Anybody knows if there is any Filipino Store around Boston Area?
>Southern New Hampshire area?  Any hint, address or telephone number
>will be appreciated.

>  William Ang
>  ang@theory.lcs.mit.edu



  William, There are no Filipino store in Boston or Southern N.H. If you
are in Boston, You can usually find some Filipino food in China town but
not much. But they have balot and Bagoong.


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