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From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Fil-American Named as Sole Heir
Date: 7 Jan 93 18:39:50 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	MANILA,Philippines (UPI) -- A 22-year-old homeless Filipino working as
a volunteer at a former U.S. naval base has been named the sole heir to
the estate of the American father he never met.
	Mayor Richard Gordon said he informed Frederic Allen Bailey of the
news Wednesday night in Olongapo City, 50 miles west of Manila, adjacent
to the former Subic Bay Naval Station.
	``When I broke to him the news, he was both happy and sad,'' Gordon
told United Press International by telephone. ``He was nonchalant about
being an heir. It was clear his father's death was more important to
him. It is rather tragic that he finds himself an heir of a man he never
knew.''
	Bailey is the son of Richard Douglas Bailey, of Rapid City, South
Dakota, and Filipino Josephine Orais. The couple was married in Olongapo
on Nov. 29, 1969, Gordon said.
	The elder Bailey had worked as a civilian employee of the U.S. Navy
at Subic, but was assigned to the United States before his son was born.
He died in South Dakota last June at the age of 53 and bequeathed his
entire estate to his son.
	The value of the estate was not immediately known.
	U.S. officials who had been looking for the younger Bailey confirmed
that he was the sole heir. Gordon said it was apparent that Bailey's
relatives in the United States were not aware he had a son.
	He said Bailey and his mother were left homeless along with thousands
of other Filipinos during the eruption of the Mount Pinatubo volcano in
June 1991 and were living largely off handouts.
	Bailey is currently unemployed and works as a volunteer to help guard
Subic since the last U.S. troops left Nov. 24, ending nearly a century
of American military presence in its former colony.
	An estimated 2,000 Amerasians, many of them living in poverty, reside
in Olongapo.
	U.S. law bars Filipino Amerasians from becoming American citizens
unlike their counterparts in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, South Korea and
Cambodia allegedly because there is no discrimination in the Philippines
for mixed races.
	Gordon said he has sought the help of the U.S. Congress to amend the
law.
From: jaylem@silver.spear.apana.org.au (Jaylem Roberts)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Apology
Date: 7 Jan 1993 17:17:08 +1100
Organization: silver APANA uucp site Melbourne
NNTP-Posting-Host: silver.spear.apana.org.au


Sorry about the multiple posting, I had problems with the posting 
software.

Rgds,
Jaylem
From: eaa02@parakeet.amdahl.com (Earl Armas)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Tagalog Lessons
Date: 12 Jan 93 22:31:49 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.163611.6315@nas.nasa.gov>, duque@wk117.nas.nasa.gov (Earl P. N. Duque) writes:
|> I'm interested in learning to speak Tagalog and/or Ilocano.   Does 
|> anyone out there know of conversational Tagalog classes offered in 
|> the San Francisco Bay Area ?  I'm an american born and my parents are
|> Ilocano so of course I can understand a little Ilocano, if enough
|> english is mixed in :-). 
|> 
     
   Cal State Univ Hayward offers Tagalog courses on a quarterly basis.
   However, it costs $75.00 per unit for students not enrolled at CSUH.
   I believe the class is 4 units.
 
   Earl

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From: snyder@acf3.nyu.edu (Kirk Snyder)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Traveling with laptop
Summary: Advice on taking laptop to Manila
Keywords: laptop
Date: 9 Jan 93 15:50:48 GMT
Organization: New York University

My wife will be going to Manila and taking a laptop, and I
wanted to get some advice.  I've been following the recent
thread, but I had some more specific questions.  Her laptop is a
Toshiba model 2000SX (we don't have it hand yet, we're buying it
used.) I understand that I can register it with U.S. Customs to
avoid problems bringing it back in to the U.S., but in taking it
to the Philippines I've seen mention of `lagay' here.  Putting
aside for a moment whether such a thing *should* be necessary,
if they do ask for it how much should she be expected to pay? 
Does it make a difference that she has a U.S. passport?
 
Someone mentioned potential problems with magnetic weapons
detectors. Are these the ones for checked baggage, carry on, or
both? 
 
Has anyone tried taking this specific model of laptop to the
Philippines? Are there any problems with local power?  Does one
need to buy a special AC adapter or battery charger?  If so, are
they available there?
 
Thanks very much in advance for any help.
 
-- Kirk Snyder
   snyder@cs.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: garces_ro@uswrsl.enet.dec.com (JRG)
Subject: Re: Rookie Carroca in MFY
Organization:  WSLMC Sunnyvale
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:47:21 GMT


In article <1993Jan7.062552.1482@news.columbia.edu>, rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang) writes...

>I went to see a Broadway show recently called My Favorite Year, which was
>a musical adaptation of a comedy movie. Well, the critics hated it, but
>never mind. One of the minor characters in it was an ex-boxer named Rookie
>Carroca, who was played by a Japanese actor sporting a semi-Chinese
>accent. It wasn't until I thought about a line that was sung ("his tuna
>Philippine"), and a magazine article that I realized that the character
>was Filipino.
> 
>Okay, where were the hordes of protesting actors that tried to get
>Jonathan Pryce dumped? I mean, here, it is clear that as far as the
>producers were concerned, one Oriental was as good as another, not
>bothering at all to make the distinction. Comments, anyone?
> 

	At least the role was played by an Asian actor. My problem 
	about this issue specially with regards to the Jonathan Pryce
	case is that there is a pool of good if not great Asian actors
	in Broadway. Why would you tape a caucasian actors eyes for
	him or her to look like an Asian character? 

	The only excuse that the producers and directors could have is if
	there is no available artist that will best suit the character
	at any given situation. Like what happened to me back in Manila.
	We had a small community theater that had a production that calls
	for an American military officer role (19th century). We couldn't
	find even an American mestiso so I was chosen to portray the role.
	I do have slanted eyes but I was able to fix it with make-up and
	a little bit of accent. 

	Now, going back to the issue of Asian actors here in the US not being
	given the breaks they deserve: It is very unfair for an Asian actor
	to be stuck to stereotype roles like a waiter, karate master, tourist
	with a camera, etc.

	A few weeks a go while I was watching a Filipino TV show, they 
	featured a Filipino-American fire station commander who was involved 
	on the rescue efforts in Oakland fire 2 years ago. Apparently, 
	there are some plans of making a movie about the disaster. According 
	to the Filipino-American fire station commander he insisted to the 
	producers to get a Filipino-American actor to portray his role. He
	believes that our Filipino community lack's a role model in our 
	society. Asians, specially Filipinos contribute a lot of good things
	to our society but the media is not doing a good job showing these 
	things in their stories.

	Whatyathink?

	JR Garces


	
	  



	
	

	

>-rich
>Richard Sucgang  : Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology Columbia University
>(sucgang@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu | rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu)
>"...Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, individually, collectively or otherwise." 
>			-Colm Wilkinson, Highlights from Jekyll and Hyde
>
From: leon@garnet.berkeley.edu (Leon C. Salcedo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Tagalog Lessons
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Date: 12 Jan 1993 22:48:23 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

In article <C0rI2p.Lzs@inews.Intel.COM> jchavez@td2cad.intel.com (Joas Chavez) writes:
::In article <1993Jan12.163611.6315@nas.nasa.gov> duque@wk117.nas.nasa.gov (Earl P. N. Duque) writes:
::>I'm interested in learning to speak Tagalog and/or Ilocano.   Does 
::>anyone out there know of conversational Tagalog classes offered in 
::>the San Francisco Bay Area ?  I'm an american born and my parents are
::>Ilocano so of course I can understand a little Ilocano, if enough
::>english is mixed in :-). 
::>
::>Thanks for any info
::>

::Earl i think Berkeley is offering Tagalog classes.  Try

Yes, UCB does offer a class in Tagalog. It's called, appropriatly enough,
Tagalog 1A and it's under Asian Studies.


leon

Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: ekevik@media.uio.no (Oystein Ekevik)
Subject: Re: The Origin of Western Thinking Process
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: Dept. of Media & Communication
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 08:40:43 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.120840.823@hls.com>, silatman@hls.com wrote:

(stuff deleted)


>     Once removed from the true injuctions of God, 
> societies were free to follow their own individual truths,
> without any responsibility to justice. Thus, western society
> is known for popularizing broken truths, of removing
> people from any feeling of belonging to a universal
> harmony-bringing truth. This enables the rulers and
> movers and shakers of the western world to keep the world
> forever in Division, so that its material assets can
> be looted, and enjoyed by a select few.
> 
>    This world has enough food for all, and is populated
> by mostly good people everywhere. Yet, those good people
> are in a state of confusion, and are under the yoke
> of economic slavery.
> 
>    Freedom of speech is said to be there, Freedom of
> Morality is said to be there. But these two are perceived
> to have no value. Freedom of Economics is a freedom 
> that is not available but to a select few, and those
> select few will use any firepower necessary to
> protect and keep it for themselves.

- So, what's new?

*****************************************
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Dept. of Media & Communication
University of OSLO, Norway
e-mail ekevik@media.uio.no, fax ++47-2-694790
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: albert@mathlab.sunysb.edu (Jose Ramon Albert)
Subject: murders in Palantine, Illinois
Organization: SUNY at Stony Brook, Dept. of Math
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:23:37 GMT

The recent murder case in Palantine, Illinois featured a boy with 
a surname of Castro (the parents looked and sounded Filipino).  
Does anybody have information about this? 

BTW, even if the fellow is not Filipino, these murders are deplorable. 
Let us try to mention a prayer for the victims, their families and
friends and even for the murderer.  

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From: gt9534a@prism.gatech.EDU (SARMIENTO,MARY JANE)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: test
Keywords: test
Date: 7 Jan 93 22:49:45 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology







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From: ekevik@media.uio.no (Oystein Ekevik)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Traveling with laptop
Date: 10 Jan 93 12:00:46 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: Dept. of Media & Communication

In article <C0LG0p.60L@cmcl2.nyu.edu>, snyder@acf3.nyu.edu (Kirk Snyder)
wrote:


- I came back from  the Philippines yesterday (9th Jan.), with my Macintosh
PowerBook still intact.
 
> My wife will be going to Manila and taking a laptop, and I
> wanted to get some advice.  I've been following the recent
> thread, but I had some more specific questions.  Her laptop is a
> Toshiba model 2000SX (we don't have it hand yet, we're buying it
> used.) I understand that I can register it with U.S. Customs to
> avoid problems bringing it back in to the U.S., but in taking it
> to the Philippines I've seen mention of `lagay' here.

-  There was no need to "magbigay ng lagay" to any of the Customs officers.
Although the Immigration scrutinizing  our passports signalized that he
wanted "lagay".

> Putting aside for a moment whether such a thing *should* be necessary,
> if they do ask for it how much should she be expected to pay? 
> Does it make a difference that she has a U.S. passport?
>  
> Someone mentioned potential problems with magnetic weapons
> detectors. Are these the ones for checked baggage, carry on, or
> both? 

- I did not experience any trouble at all, as far as x-ray or
metal-detectors are concerned. Those devices  are no problem to the data's
integrity. A backup is still a necessity..................
>  
> Has anyone tried taking this specific model of laptop to the
> Philippines? Are there any problems with local power?  Does one
> need to buy a special AC adapter or battery charger?  If so, are
> they available there?

- The voltage is 220 in the Philippines. Check whether your adapter is able
to deal with that, if not, adapters are available in many places in Manila.
A friend of mine has a Toshiba laptop bought in the Phil, I think they even
have technical service-center somewhere in Metro-Manila. The problem is the
brown-out, lasting from 3 - 6 hours daily. Better plan when you will
recharge your laptop.
>  
> Thanks very much in advance for any help.
>  
 
*****************************************
Oystein Ekevik, P.O.Box 1093, Blindern, 0317 Oslo
Dept. of Media & Communication
University of OSLO, Norway
e-mail ekevik@media.uio.no, fax ++47-2-694790
From: etxtnil@garbob25.ericsson.se (Tomas Nilsson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Vacation in the Philippines! Which is the best places to see?
Date: 8 Jan 93 08:20:54 GMT
Distribution: soc
Organization: Ericsson


I'm not sure if this is the right group to make the posting to...
but anyway I would be greatful for some help.

I am planning to go to the Philippines on vacation. I have heard that
Hudred Islands (Pangasinan) is a nice place to visit. Would like
to know more about Pangasinan. Where do I find the best food stalls
,hotels that are not so expensive? 

By the way is it a good advice to buy computer stuff over there?


Thanx in advance.


/Tomas


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From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Kidnap Victim Killed in Rescue Attempt
Date: 7 Jan 93 18:38:14 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- Police shot dead a teenage kidnap victim
they were trying to free early Thursday during a car chase and shootout
with her abductors on a busy highway.
	Four of the kidnappers were also killed.
	The victim was identified as Charlene Mae Sy, 15, daughter of a
wealthy ethnic Chinese garment factory owner. The incident was the
latest in a run of kidnappings in the Philippines that has concentrated
mainly on wealthy Chinese executives or their families.
	Police said they suspected the kidnappers were former soldiers.
	Press Secretary Rodolfo Reyes said President Fidel Ramos would direct
an investigation into Sy's shooting.
	``It is unfortunate that the victim had to die,'' Reyes said. ``The
Police should exercise more restraint. Something was basically wrong
with the operation. What is paramount is still the safety of the
civilian.''
	Police Capt. Napoleon Cuaton said two other suspects and two police
officers were wounded in the shootout, which took place during the
morning rush hour on one of Manila's busiest highways.
	He said an unknown number of kidnappers riding in five vehicles
abducted Sy early Thursday while she was being driven to the Grace
Christian School in suburban Quezon City. Sy's driver was released by
the kidnappers and called the police, who converged on the abductors'
vehicles.
	``They (the kidnappers) fired at us, so we returned fire,'' Cuaton
said. ``We did not think the girl was in the vehicle we were shooting
at.''
	Authorities said several of the kidnappers escaped during the
shootout.
	Police found two assault rifles in a bullet-riddled white Nissan
sedan that had been used by the suspects.
	``We suspect the kidnappers were former military men based on their
use of high powered guns and high-tech communications equipment,''
police Lt. Col. Leo Gara said.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: an3892@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Ramos Wants Phil Markets Open to Competition
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 16:21:53 GMT

        MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- President Fidel Ramos said Saturday the
Philippines must open its markets to broader competition if it expects
to sustain long-term economic growth.
        Saying the economy is still in a precarious state, Ramos said the
government must ``take drastic measures'' to cement a fragile recovery
begun last year.
        ``We must pursue our structural reforms and eliminate monopolies and
cartels to open up and equalize investment opportunities,'' the
president said.
        Many businesses, including the telecommunications industry, have been
controlled for decades by a few elite Filipino families and analysts say
it would be difficult to break them down.
        The government is mulling measures to open traditionally protected
sectors of the economy, such as retail trade and banking, to foreign
competition, Ramos said.
        The Philippines' gross national product was expected to grow by
slightly more than 1 percent in 1992, compared to negative growth in
1991.
        Ramos said the government hoped for a 4.5 percent growth in GNP this
year but business leaders say that might be too optimistic.
        ``To be candid about it, our economy is still in a precarious state,''
Ramos said in his speech to some 200 government officials, businessmen,
bankers and political leaders.
        ``The economic advances that we notched are fragile. We must work
harder and explore appropriate strategies if we hope to sustain our
economic gains.''
        Ramos said an energy crisis loomed as the biggest obstacle to the
economy.
        Manila has embarked on a program to stabilize its power sources by
September by building new plants to augment existing facilities, many of
which are old and in poor shape.

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Mindanao News
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:56:59 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (UPI) -- Four soldiers and a civilian were
killed in two separate attacks by unidentified gunmen in the southern
Philippines, a military spokesman said Saturday.
	Six others -- one soldier and five civilians -- were wounded in the
incidents Friday in Sulu and Basilan provinces, 600 miles south of
Manila, said southern command spokesman Col. Laureano Palanas.
	Palanas said men believed to be renegade Muslim separatist rebels
opened fire from a car at a hospital in Sulu's capital, Jolo, Friday
evening, leaving two marine troopers and a civilian dead.
	Three hospital employees and a soldier were wounded in the incident.
	Palanas said reports to southern command headquarters in Zamboanga
indicated the marines were guarding the hospital because of threats by
several armed groups operating in the largely Muslim province.
	The civilian casualties were hospital employees attending a belated
New Year's party, Palanas added.
	In Isabela town, capital of nearby Basilan province, unidentified men
shot and killed two military intelligence agents Friday morning with .45
caliber pistols, Palanas said.
	He said authorities were investigating the motive for the attack, in
which two civilian bystanders were also wounded.
	The southern Philippines has been wracked by a war for independence
waged by the country's Muslim minority since the early 1970s.
	The conflict has cooled of late and many of the guerrillas have
turned to banditry and kidnapping for a living.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: flip@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Kenneth Ilio)
Subject: Re: Rookie Carroca in MFY
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:49:22 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.062552.1482@news.columbia.edu> rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang) writes:
>Okay, I let this topic drift by long enough.
>
>I went to see a Broadway show recently called My Favorite Year, which was
>a musical adaptation of a comedy movie. Well, the critics hated it, but
>never mind. One of the minor characters in it was an ex-boxer named Rookie
>Carroca, who was played by a Japanese actor sporting a semi-Chinese
>accent. It wasn't until I thought about a line that was sung ("his tuna
>Philippine"), and a magazine article that I realized that the character
>was Filipino.
>
>Okay, where were the hordes of protesting actors that tried to get
>Jonathan Pryce dumped? I mean, here, it is clear that as far as the
>producers were concerned, one Oriental was as good as another, not
>bothering at all to make the distinction. Comments, anyone?
>
o.k. lang.  at least, ibinigay nila ang role to an Asian.  This kind
of displacement(s) happen all the time anyway ... Look at the Vietnam
movies shot in the Philippines.  For e.g. in Apocalypse Now, they trucked
down hundreds of Igorots from the Cordilleras to play Hmong tribesmen.
For the Marine extras, many of them weren't Americans but European
or Australian tourists the casting people picked up in Ermita. (Although
they tried, I think, to look for many Americans e.g. medical, dental 
and veterinary students, as possible.)  It's worse in low budget Vietnam
movies - walang pakialam, kung minsan, they don't even dub the accents.

In the same token, pasalamat na lang tayo at these Broadway producers
sometimes do not make the distinction between Asian groups ... if they
did, walang Lea Salonga who would have paved the way for Filipinos 
(in particular) to make it in Broadway and Tin Pan Alley.  Hanggang lounge acts lang
sa Atlantic City at Las Vegas lang tayo pupuwede ... :-)

ken

>-rich
>Richard Sucgang  : Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology Columbia University
>(sucgang@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu | rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu)
>"...Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, individually, collectively or otherwise." 
>			-Colm Wilkinson, Highlights from Jekyll and Hyde
>


Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Fri,  8 Jan 1993 02:02:43 -0500 
From: Rikiya Asano <ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Last week well getting haircut..

Friends,

.

       Last week while getting haircut. A Fillipino gentlemen discussed
with me an event about the late Mr. Marcos and some treasury he found
that had connection with the Japanese. Please fill me in on this
information. Thank you!