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From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Phil Business Briefs
Date: 16 Nov 92 19:43:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: microlab.-161192144427
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

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Labor strikes in the Philippines down by 28 percent
	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- Labor relations are improving in the
Philippines with the number of strikes down 28 percent for the first 10
months of this year, the Labor Department said Monday.
	The department's National Conciliation and Mediation Board said there
were 119 strikes from January to October 1992, compared to 166 for the
same period last year.
	It also said work stoppages affected 4,426 employees this year, down
91 percent from the 53,228 workers effected last year.
	Labor Secretary Nieves Confesor attributed the drop to increased
efforts by workers and management to settle differences amicably.
	Allegations of unfair labor practices and deadlocks in negotiations
over workers' economic demands were chief reasons for strikes this year.
	More than half of the strikes this year were in Manila and its
suburbs.
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Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew to attend Philippine business meet
	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew
is scheduled to speak at a three-day investment conference in Manila
Wednesday.
	The former prime minister is expected to discuss Singapore's economic
success over the past two decades.
	Philippine President Fidel Ramos and other senior government
officials will also address the meeting, which is being held by the
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
	Topic will include a proposed free trade area in Southeast Asia, the
Philippine investment climate under Ramos and business opportunities in
the former U.S. naval facility at Subic Bay.
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Belgium approves $5 million loan to the Philippines
	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- Belgium has agreed to extend a $5 million
loan to the Philippines to help repair Manila's commuter transit service
and purchase Belgian goods, officials said Monday.
	The foreign affairs department said the interest-free loan will be
paid over 30 years, beginning Dec. 31, 2003. It has a 10-year grace
period.
	Officials said the loan would be used to help repair a section of
Manila's Light Rail Transit system. A government overhaul of the
commuter service is expected to total at least $12 million.
	Part of the money from the loan would also go to buy Belgian-made
capital goods and industrial equipment, the foreign affairs department
From: fragante@unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Miss Asia Beauty Contest....
Date: 18 Nov 92 18:02:52 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

In <1992Nov17.232555.22597@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> equipt@etch-eshop.Berkeley.EDU (Etcheverry Equipment Inventory) writes:

>4th Runner Up from Ceylon  ...........MISS Bitina Cia
>3rd Runner Up from India  ........... MISS Indina Liligho
>2nd Runner Up from China  ........... MISS Sue Su Co Lailai
>1st Runner Up from Philippines....... MISS Pining Garcia
>MISS ASIA 1992  from jAPAN.....MISS KIKIKO MAKUTO.....MABUHAY..


Well, what happened to Miss Thailand ..... ANA KANAMPUCHA ???

BTW, you left out the emcee's name. I believe it was .... CHINO TEOPACO.


Here's another CF kidnapping joke:

Yung mga kidnappers daw sa MNL naglalagay ng mga personalized vanity plates sa 
kanilang tsikot na nakasulat "I FORGOT".

Para daw kung tinanong ng pulis sa mga witness kung ano ang license plate ng
getaway car, sasabihin nila "I ....
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: lagman@CS.ColoState.EDU (annette)
Subject: More proverbs (was Re: More Adventure of KIKO....)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:57:27 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University

In article <1992Nov19.170253.14022@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> jcruz@etch-eshop.Berkeley.EDU (Joey Cruz) writes:
>
>              Bato bato sa langit pag tinaman huag magagalit  or

	This seems like such an innocuous proverb, but I think it
	does say something about the Filipino psyche, namely that
	we view oversensitivity as a negative trait.  Similarly, 
	no on likes to be called "balat sibuyas".

	I think this explains why a lot of Filipinos I know (including
	me) are not into all this Political Correctness.  Either we
	think its plain silly, or we just don't think about it.  

	annette
From: geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Phil DJ Rene Sta. Cruz Challenges Stern, Ha
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Date: 18 Nov 1992 23:07:42 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park, Ca.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM
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The article went into some detail about Howard Stern, but what 
did Arsenio Hall supposedly say?  A friend of mine mentioned
that Hall had made some kind of anti-Filipino remark, but I
haven't seen anything about it in the papers.



Geoff


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: flip@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Kenneth Ilio)
Subject: Hi there! I'm back.
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:02:31 GMT

Hi all.  Glad to see that this newsgroup is still very active ...

Ken I.
From: mfrancis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (Ma. Elena Y. Francisco)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: know any filipino stereotypes?
Date: 15 Nov 92 20:31:38 GMT
Reply-To: mfrancis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University

garces_ro@uswrsl.enet.dec.com (JRG) writes:

>>	Filipinos always have a "tabo" in their bathroom. We all know
>>	that we don't need them to take a bath right. So, Iknowyouknow
>>	whatImean. 

c164-ad@po.berkeley.edu (Martin Guerrero) writes:

>Considering the drought situation and such in some areas of the U.S., I 
>think 'tabos' might actually be practical.  
>
>What do you all think?

Well, I remember one summer when we had to *really* save the water (and
this was before all the rains had come, thus easing the California
drought).  We had a tabo or two in every bathroom (always had; to me a
bathroom without a tabo is .... well, missing something ...) and we
had to get big buckets and fill them with water.  Whatever water was
in the bucket was all we got.  It did wonders for our water bill.

regards,

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From: 6domingo_a@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: ALVIN'S CORNER......."DOODLINGS"
Date: 17 Nov 92 22:08:54 GMT
Organization: St. Peter's College, US


 
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: m-muyot@uiuc.edu (Ching Muyot)
Subject: New Book
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Illinois
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:33:50 GMT



More news from our friend Mon Patawaran from New York:

---
a new book for pinoys is out:

        Pinoy Guide to the Big Apple,
                        by Ronnie Alejandro & Gloria Syquia

i came across this book last sunday, and was impressed (by such a pinoy
publication).

it is not your typical guide to manhattan. it addresses the needs of
pinoys and instantly transforms one into a new yorker, which sometimes
takes years to attain. it also shows one how to accomplish this at the
least cost without sacrificing quality.


to obtain a copy, contact:

                 behn cervantes (718) 472-0613


hope you enjoy it ...

mon patawaran (ramon@fsrg.bear.com)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: aimee@wpd.sgi.com (Aimee Manosa)
Subject: Re: know any filipino stereotypes?
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:35:34 GMT

In article <1992Nov15.010249.16201@news.acns.nwu.edu>, 
|> 
|> I think we'll all be better off if we stop referring to it as filipino  
|> time. It is important that we recognize it as a common problem but we all  
|> lose if we continue rubbing it in (stereotyping all filipinos). 

No.  We all loose if we don't do something about it.

|> 
|> Dismissing outright the cultural aspect of this social phenomenon would be  
|> too vulcan. In the provinces back home where large social gatherings would  
|> sometimes take days to prepare and would last for hours and sometimes  
|> days, nobody would mind if you come in an hour late. Besides, the  
|> transportation system will sometimes not allow you to plan things to the  
|> minute.

As the preparation for this party is planned days ahead, as you say, why not
prepare your trip days ahead and make sure you get there on time?

When I ask folks to come at a certain time, I expect them there at that time.
It's the reason I gave a time in the first place.  If I don't mind what time
they get there, than I make sure to mention that that is the case.

This, to me, is all a matter of respect for others.  



-- 
        ~
Aimee Manosa		aimee@wpd.sgi.com		Opinions are mine
			Silicon Graphics, Inc
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: 18 Soldiers Linked to Kidnap Rings
Date: 16 Nov 92 18:59:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: microlab.-161192140048
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- Vice President Joseph Estrada Monday
requested the arrest of 18 soldiers and officers suspected of
involvement in the kidnappings of several wealthy Chinese-Filipinos.
	Estrada, head of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission, identified
13 members of the army's intelligence unit he said were linked to the
Sept. 26 abduction of Lee Tantuco, wife of an ethnic Chinese
businessman.
	The kidnappers demanded a $1.2 million. Tantuco was released Oct. 30
following payment of $280,000, Estrada's office said.
	Estrada named five other members of the army's counter-intelligence
division alleged to have been behind the kidnapping of businessman
Philip Yao So, who still is missing, and several others.
	``The facts tend to show that some elements of the army were involved
in these kidnapping cases,'' Estrada said. ``There will be no compromise
against scalawags in uniform.''
	He told reporters he requested the military leadership to turn over
the suspects to the to the anti-crime group pending investigation of the
cases.
	Kidnapping has become a lucrative industry in the Philippines.
Victims are usually rich ethnic Chinese who prefer paying ransom rather
than reporting the incidents to the authorities.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: rick@gamma.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Rick Martija)
Subject: Re: Filipino proverbs
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 13:21:27 GMT

In article <92323.165113U52892@uicvm.uic.edu>, <U52892@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
|> Talking about stereotypes, I figured a lot of Filipino proverbs
|> emphasize some Filipino values.
|> Here are some examples:
|> 1. Kapag maiksi and kumot
|>    Magtiis mamaluktot
|>        .....talks about one's endurance, patience and resilience
|>        (Now I know why the Philippines suffered from 300 years
|>         of Spanish rule, 40? years of American rule and 20 years
|>         of Marcos rule)
|> 
|>  2. Ang taong walang tiyaga
|>     Walang nilaga
|> 
|>        ....again, patience
|> 
|>      There are other proverbs I can remember but can't understand what it
|> meant.
|> 1. Tulak ng bibig, kabig ng dibdib

This refers to not really saying what one means.  I've heard it used usually
in the context of courting women -- sasagutin ka ng ``Hindi.'' 'yun pala
talaga namang may gusto...

|> 2. Ang hindi tumingin sa pinangalingan
|>    di makakarating sa paroroonan

Remember your roots.

|> 
|> Can you still remember other proverbs which reflects Filipino
|> values ---positive or negative?

Ang tingin ng tingin sa pinanggalingan, nasasagasaan. :-)

Rick
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: jcruz@etch-eshop.Berkeley.EDU (Joey Cruz)
Subject: More Adventure of KIKO....
Reply-To: jcruz@etch-eshop.Berkeley.EDU (Joey Cruz)
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:02:53 GMT

I'm back.....once again now "Bato bato sa langit ang tamaan
ay huag magagalit". Do not get sick on me now......

After kiko got chased by the 300 pounder black homosexual he
eventually trimed down to his desired weight.
Finally he convinced KIKAY to go out and make up with him..
After a very enjoyable moments of KIKO and KIKAY, Kiko cautiously 
told KIKAY..

Kiko: Sorry Kikay hinde ko akalaing Virhen ka pala sana nag
      take it easy ako.

KIkay: Kung hinde ka ba naman gago e, kung sinabi mong nag mamadali
       ka di natanggal ko sana ang Panty Hose ko. Gago!!!

Well ladies and gentlemen that's the end of the ADVENTURES OF KIKO.
                maybe.....................

Pinoy Proverb:Sa hinaba haba ng prosisyon sa simbahan din ang tuloy.
              or Sa hinba haba ng prosisyon sa Biglang Liko din ang tuloy.

              Bato bato sa langit pag tinaman huag magagalit  or
              Bato bato sa langit pag tinamaan Putok ang Ulo..

              Ang sakit ng kalingkingan dama ng buong katawan
               "mahirap yatang lokohin yan"
 
              Ang ilog pag tahimik ay malalim

              Ang taong duling walang gawang magaling(this does'nt duling
                                              i mean physically duling.)

              Sa ilalim ang kulo.........


Patalastas! Good news for those who's offended by my postings I'll be gone
            starting next week so SAYONARA,GOODBYE,PAALAM,ADIOS.....    


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: CMIS27@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Roda Farrell)
Subject: Re: Filipino proverbs
Organization: Motorola
Date: 19 Nov 1992 08:24:33 CST

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
Can you still remember other proverbs which reflects Filipino
values ---positive or negative?

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The one I remember is "Sakit ng kalingkingan (sp?), damdam ng buong
katawan."  To me this says that even the smallest offense has the
potential to destroy a relationship.  In my own personal experience,
I have found that I tend to remember little criticisms and never truly
forgive & forget.  Have I totally twisted the meaning of this saying?


Roda Farrell
From: francis@mpl.ucsd.edu (Francis C Felizardo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Even more proverbs
Date: 19 Nov 1992 21:50:35 GMT
Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
NNTP-Posting-Host: kiko.ucsd.edu

Here are some I remember:

1. Daig ng maagap ang masikap.
  (Resourcefulness beats industriousness/persistence.)
   You can get more things done and get them done faster if you think  
   while you work.

2. Nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa.
  (God provides guidance but men have to get things done.)

3. Galitin na ang lasing, huwag lang ang bagong gising.
  (You'd much rather annoy a drunk man than someone who has just woken up.)

4. May tenga ang lupa, may pakpak ang balita.
  (The ground has ears, news has wings.)
   In short, you can't keep secrets and news travels fast.

And on the lighter side:

5. Balang araw, maghihiganti ako.
  (On bullet day, I will become a giant.) *grin*
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From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Congress Urges Ramos to Declare 2 Week Truce
Date: 16 Nov 92 18:53:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: microlab.-161192135422
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- Congress urged President Fidel Ramos
Thursday to declare a 14-day Christmas cease-fire with the country's
three insurgent groups to further peace efforts with the rebels.
	The government, meanwhile, said it hoped for ``substantial'' moves
toward peace with one of the groups, right-wing military rebels, by next
month.
	In a resolution, House Speaker Jose de Venecia asked Ramos to halt
military operations against the rightists, communist guerrillas and
Muslim insurgents between Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
	He said the cease-fire would ``demonstrate the sincerity and good
faith of the government'' in peace initiatives with the three groups.
	The resolution was sent to Ramos, who asked the National Unification
Commission to study the proposal. Ramos has tasked the NUC to forge
peace with the three insurgent movements.
	Presidential spokeswoman Annabelle Abaya said Ramos would base his
decision on the commission's recommendation.
	The government and the communist New People's Army have halted
fighting for two-day cease-fires on both Christmas and New Year's Day
since 1987.
	The proposed 14-day truce would be the first government holiday
cease-fire to include all three insurgent groups.
	Justice Secretary Franklin Drilon said Thursday he hoped informal
talks with the right-wing rebels could yield a ``political settlement''
by Christmas.
	Although he ruled out an end to the conflict with the right-wing
Reform the Armed Forces Movement by Dec. 25, Drilon told United Press
International the two sides could forge a solid agenda for peace talks.
	The NUC reported recently that it has made most progress with the
right-wing insurgents.
	Military sources said fugitive coup leader Gregorio Honasan met two
weeks ago with Army chief Lt. Gen. Arturo Enrile and a retired general
to discuss security arrangements for the RAM's negotiator in the peace
talks.
	RAM members were debating who between Honasan, a cashiered army
colonel, and former Commodore Domingo Calajate would represent them in
the negotiations, the sources said. The two were among several rebels
granted safe conduct passes to allow them to surface without being
arrested.
	The RAM was behind at least four of the seven uprisings former
president Corazon Aquino crushed during her six-year term, which ended
in June 1992.
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Ramos OKs Truce
Date: 16 Nov 92 18:54:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: microlab.-161192135602
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- President Fidel Ramos gave the green
light Friday for a holiday suspension of offensives against the
country's three insurgent groups and officials said a key right-wing
rebel was expected to come out of hiding for peace talks.
	Ramos voiced his approval during a meeting with House Speaker Jose de
Venecia and six lawmakers who authored a resolution Thursday urging for
a cease-fire from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6, presidential spokeswoman Annabelle
Abaya said.
	Ramos asked the congressmen to work out details of the truce with the
National Unification Commission, which is tasked to broker peace with
the nation's three insurgent groups -- leftist guerrillas, military
rebels and Muslim separatists, Abaya said.
	NUC chairperson Haydee Yorac told reporters Friday the proposed 14-
day holiday truce was too long and would be prone to violation. She
proposed a maximum five-day cease-fire.
	``I don't think we should prejudice the peace talks for the sake of
having a happy 14 days,'' she said.
	Previous cease-fires with the communists, which have been observed
since 1987, have been plagued with charges of violations from either
side.
	Abaya said the government reserved the right to go after guerrillas
who attack security forces during the period.
	This year marked the first time the proposed truce included right-
wing military rebels and Muslim guerillas fighting for independence in
the southern Philippines.
	Yorac also said Friday that Brig. Gen. Jose Zumel, who led a 1986
coup to return ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos to power, could come out
of hiding and join in peace talks without any preconditions.
	``I confirm the possibility that Zumel might surface soon to pursue
the peace process,'' she said.
	Zumel heads a faction of the right-wing group called Soldiers of the
Filipino People, or SFP. The group is believed to have joined forces
with the Reform the Armed Forces Movement, or RAM, which led four of the
seven coup attempts former President Corazon Aquino crushed in her six-
year term that ended June 30.
	Yorac said the RAM already has submitted the names of six members who
would form its negotiating panel in the talks.
From: grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (George Torralba)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Filipino gangs featured in CBS News
Date: 16 Nov 92 19:21:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: sumax.5789
Organization: Seattle University

In article <1e8c2hINNf7f@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy) writes:
>
>any comments on the CBS evening news last friday where Dan Rather
>featured Filipino gangs in San Diego ?  It also mentioned a gang
>member shooting to death another Filipino in front of his mother.
>
>It looks real bad to the Filipino image.

Oh boy, here we go again, another "looks real bad to the Filipino image" 
thing again.


George

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