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From: labson@borneo.corp.sgi.com (Joel Labson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Another language xlation jokes
Date: 25 Jan 93 17:53:18 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

1) What is 7-Up in German??? ---- SPRITE
2) What is Handsome in Japanese ---- KA MUKAKO
3) What is Ugly in Japanese--------- KA MUKAMO
4) What is balbon in france -------- Madame mosha
5) Ano ang naka walkman sa japanese ---NAKASONE (Naka Sony, get it??)

I'm still thinking..............

Continue the jokes guys!!!!!!!!
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From: gervasio@Ross.COM (Gregorio T. Gervasio, Jr.)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: H-1 Visa Holders
Date: 27 Jan 93 01:05:22 GMT
Organization: ROSS Technology, Inc. -- Austin, TX

>>>>> On 25 Jan 93 19:32:07 GMT, cabanero@shearson.com (Vincent Cabanero) said:

V> The only interest the gov't has in H-1 visa holders is whether they
V> have paid the local income tax or not!  It happened to my wife and
	...
	I was told that this POEA regulation is fairly recent so maybe
you missed it.  Besides, I had been paying Phil. taxes because I
needed to renew my passport last year.

V> The travel agent should have alerted you of this requirement,
V> though.

	My tickets were bought here and I don't think they would've
known about this requirement, either.
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From: m-muyot@uiuc.edu (Sanse)
Subject: TALK: "First 100 Days of Fidel Ramos" (at UIUC)
Originator: memg7944@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Summary: invitation to a talk
Reply-To: m-muyot@uiuc.edu (Sanse)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:27:35 GMT
Keywords: talk, UIUC, Philippines, Fidel Ramos

BARKADA: Philippine Support Group, an organization at the University of 
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign cordially invites everyone (PYOA*) to a 
talk entitled 

                    "First 100 Days of Fidel Ramos" 
           
                by Edessa Ramos (not directly related to Fidel, I think)

                     Saturday, January 23, 1:30pm
                        Room 215 Illini Union
                           Urbana, Illinois

Prospects of peace negotiations between the National Democratic Front and
the Philippine Government will be discussed.

(*Pay your own airfare, for those of you outside of driving distance)
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From: an3892@anon.penet.fi
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Phil to Issue $150 Million EuroBonds
Date: 26 Jan 93 04:53:21 GMT
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.filipino


        MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- The Philippines will enter the
international bond market for the first time in a decade Feb. 10,
issuing up to $150 million in Eurobonds, officials said Monday.
        The government will launch a 10-day promotional road show for the
issue Feb. 1, sending representatives to North America, Japan, Hong
Kong, and Europe, said Andy Saracho, a planning officer in the finance
department.
        ``We haven't decided on an exact amount to issue,'' he said.
        ``It will range between $100 million and $150 million. We will make
the decision after getting feedback from investors during the road show.
''
        The finance department said the bonds would be issued in New York in
the form of $10,000 denomination 3-year notes.
        They would carry a rate of between 3 percent and 4 percent above that
paid by 3-year U.S. Treasury bills.
        J.P. Morgan Ltd. will lead manage the float. Chase Manhattan,
Citibank NA, Salomon Brothers, Chemical Bank and Credit Suisse-First
Boston Bank will act as underwriters.
        The issue will be the first time the Philippines has been involved
with the international bond market since 1983, when the government of
former president Ferdinand Marcos defaulted on its payments to foreign
creditors.
        The issue was originally scheduled for late last year, but the
government decided to delay it due to currency turmoil in Europe and the
November presidential elections in the United States.

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From: vinita@redbird.pa.dec.com (Vinita Bhatia)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Survey of international students
Date: 25 Jan 93 07:09:08 GMT
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This is a request for help in a survey of facilities provided to internation
students on different campuses.  I need the information for a class project.

I will appreciate you sharing your experiences of the International Students
Offices in your university with me.  Please let me know of any program that
you thought was useful to you when you joined the school.  Also, if you felt
there was something for which you really needed help and was not addressed
before or after you joined the school.

Thanks for your help.

Vinita
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From: pang@cse.ucsc.edu (Alex Pang)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: another joke
Date: 21 Jan 1993 20:41:42 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz (CE/CIS Boards)
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ok, here's another kalog joke from my sister's officemates ...

what's the difference between a man falling down
from the 8th floor and a man falling down from the
1st floor?



the man from the 8th floor goes:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggghhhhh ... BOG


the man from the 1st floor goes:

BOG,  aaaaaaaaaaaggggghhhhhh
From: Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM> (by way of gustilo@pobox.upenn.edu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: NEWS/VN: Manila wary about VN refugee processing plan (forwarded from SEASIA-L)
Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:45:17 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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01/22

MANILA WARY ABOUT VIETNAM REFUGEE PROCESSING PLAN

    MANILA, Jan 22, Reuter - Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo said on
Friday
the Philippines had not yet agreed to a U.S. request that 10,000 political
refugees from Vietnam come to the Philippines for their cases to be
processed.
    Romulo told reporters Washington wanted Manila temporarily to host
10,000
of the 100,000 refugees and former members of the South Vietnamese army who
had
been released by Hanoi and were awaiting resettlement in the United States.
    "We haven't categorically said we'd agree to the proposal," Romulo
said.
    A senior Philippine diplomat said Manila may find it difficult to
accept
the refugees.
    "It's a sensitive thing we have to study. We have to closely see what
kind
of political refugess these people are. We already have a problem with
people
who have been screened out and yet don't want to opt for voluntary
repatriation," the diplomat said.
    The diplomat said refugee camps around the region were closing down and
the
two camps for boat people in the Philippines may soon shut their doors.
    The main camp at Morong northwest of Manila has over 10,000 refugess
left
while about 5,000 still remain in another camp on the southwestern island
of
Palawan.
    More than 330,000 refugees were processed in camps in the Philippines
for
resettlement, mostly in the United States, after the Vietnam War ended in
1975.
    Vietnam said it released in 1992 the last of the former South Vietnam
army
officers held in re-education camps since 1975.
    Under an earlier agreement, Hanoi said it would allow most to emigrate
to
the United States.
From: cabanero@shearson.com (Vincent Cabanero)
Subject: H-1 Visa Holders	
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:32:07 GMT


The only interest the gov't has in H-1 visa holders is whether
they have paid the local income tax or not!  It happened to my
wife and me on one of our Asia/South Pacific trips.  But we got a
clearance from one of the BIR booths within the airport complex,
and were allowed to board the plane with little or no hassle.

The travel agent should have alerted you of this requirement, though.

V
From: randrada@pyrtech.mis.pyramid.com (Rey Andrada)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: stuff to see/do in the philippines
Date: 22 Jan 93 16:38:52 GMT
Reply-To: randrada@pyrtech.pyramid.com.pyramid.com (Rey Andrada)
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation




      I believe DM is the bus that goes to Manila and Quezon City...

   anyway I would Highly recommend the beaches, in Luzon the beaches

   goes better as you go north (somewhere in Ilocos Norte). If you're

   a nature lover avoid the cities. Banaue should be nice (i've never been

   ther). Try the local drinks tuba/lambanog and I heard our ANEJO rum

   is a favorite among the British/basi - an Ilocano drink and of course

   San Miguel beer..


   REY
From: rf11@prism.gatech.EDU (FOLEY,ROBERT D)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Fil-Am A. H. H.
Date: 21 Jan 93 22:39:57 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

The following is tongue-in-cheek and not intended to offend.

From watching posts to s.c.f., I thought there might be some
people who would like to join F.A.A.H.H..  My wife ChoCho and I have
been living in Atlanta for about 8 years.  At first ChoCho was
a little uncomfortable since she did not have any filipino friends 
here (particularly girl friends to make tsismis(sp?)).  After a 
while that changed, and now she has her barkada.  Almost every
member seems to have a husband from the U.S..  Now the wives were
quite close, but the husbands only seemed to talk at parties where
the typical conversation might be 

"What??? They told you that I wanted to get dressed up and go out dancing????  
They told me that I was the only one who objected and all of you 
guys thought it was a great idea!"  
 
It took us while, but just like the workers who united to throw off the
yoke of oppression, we formed the _Filipino-American Association of 
Henpecked Husbands_.  I thought there might be others who would be 
interested in joining.  Typical conversations are now "What??? Cora and Nina
do that too?  I thought ChoCho was the only one who ...".  

As in most Filipino-American Associations, you don't have to be Filipino 
or American to join, just express an interest in joining.  We have very
few rules.  The president is whoever seems be henpecked the most (except
for John, 'cuz Ofie won't let him be president :-) ).  The Atlanta chapter
organizes an annual backpacking/fishing trip in the spring to the North 
Georgia Mountains. 


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From: sobejana@hplabsz.hpl.hp.com (Regina Sobejana)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Joke Time
Date: 27 Jan 93 18:16:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: hplabsz.1993Jan27.181644.1624
Organization: Bill & Dave's Garage
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Joey Cruz (jcruz@etch-eshop.Berkeley.EDU) wrote:
> O eto maigsi lang ano sa ingles ang "pusod ng dagat?"
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is that "belly of the sea?"  (hmmm...where's my humor hat...)
Shouldn't that be... "puwet ng dagat" for "bottom of the sea?"

d8^)
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From: rick.sanchez@EBay.Sun.COM (Rick Sanchez)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: PLDT
Date: 22 Jan 1993 23:04:13 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Mt. View, Ca.
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tito@ocf.berkeley.edu (Tito Domine) writes... 

>>....
>>At&T has virtuallyo presence in this industry. It is easily
>>worth about half a billion dollars a year
 
We missed you along absence, Pareng Tito.
 
Anyway I agree with you that AT&T has very little or totally no presence
in the Philippine telecommunication industry. But AT&T and PLDT are among
the members of a consortium that will install the trans Pacific fiber
Optic to replace the aging TransPacific Cable.

The consortium was set-up long before the election of Pres. Ramos.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: johnt@cs.ubc.ca (John Tanlimco)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Joke Time
Date: 27 Jan 1993 22:17:52 -0800
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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In article <1993Jan27.202336.12858@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> jcruz@etch-eshop.Berkeley.EDU (Joey Cruz) writes:
>Here's another one for you...
>If Silla / Chair is SALONG PUWET in Tagalog then
>BRA is (bahala ka nang sumagot)

Eh, ano naman ang "brief" sa tagalog?


SALONGANISA :-)

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From: eus10@harimanok.amdahl.com (Jun Soriano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Padala
Date: 21 Jan 93 00:13:51 GMT

In article <fragante.727556205@unixg.ubc.ca>, fragante@unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante) writes:
|> you can't go wrong with 'Planters' Cheeze bits and 'Combos' Pizza. And of
|> course, a few cartons of blue seal!

also, if you're bringing some "alcohol" stuff go for Tequila 1800, forget those	chivas, j&b, black label, and etc.......they're so many back home.

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From: an3892@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Phil Tightens Intellectual Property Rights Protection
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.filipino
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 04:14:35 GMT

        MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- The Philippines criticized U.S. pressure
Wednesday to tighten protection of intellectual property rights but said
it would step up efforts on the problem to avoid possible trade
sanctions by Washington.
        Assistant trade secretary Edsel Custodio said President Fidel Ramos
would establish a committee to review and improve the country's
protection of intellectual property -- a move Manila hoped would remove
it from Washington's watchlist of violators.
        The decision came amid increasing U.S. pressure for Manila to toughen
enforcement and penalties for illegal copying of U.S. products such as
computer software, recorded music, movies, and books.
        Washington has threatened to raise the Philippines to the third and
highest level on its watchlist, which would trigger trade sanctions
against Manila under the U.S. Trade Act's Special 301 section.
        The U.S.-based International Intellectual Property Association
estimated in 1991 that pirating of U.S. products in the Philippines
costs American companies at least $115 million annually.
        Custodio called the estimate ``exorbitant'' and criticized the United
States for what he said were ``unreasonable'' demands that the Manila
government spend more to enforce intellectual property rights.
        He said the demands ``exhibit a disregard of the country's critical
priorities for survival and development.''
        Trade representatives from both countries have met four times since
April, when Washington raised Manila to the second level on its
watchlist, to resolve the issue which has strained bilateral relations.
        The officials were scheduled to talk again this month, but Custodio
said the meeting was postponed to late March to give the new U.S.
administration time to study the issue.

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From: an3892@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Taiwanese Consortium to Develop Part of Subic
Organization: Anonymous contact service
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 04:53:04 GMT

        MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- A Taiwanese consortium will begin in
early March a $60 million project to develop part of the former U.S.
naval base at Subic Bay into a light industrial park, a senior base
official said Friday.
        The 750-acre park is the anchor of a Philippine plan to transform the
sprawling former military base into a Hong Kong-style free port.
        Richard Gordon, head of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA),
said the project would bring in some 700 Taiwanese companies and create
about 160,000 jobs for Filipinos.
        About 40,000 on-base workers were left jobless by the U.S. pullout
from Subic in November. Manila had refused to renew the American lease
on the base.
        ``By the first week of March...a delegation from Taiwan will come
here to survey the buildings and begin mobilization of construction of
factories,'' he told reporters on the final day of a three-day visit by
members of the delegation.

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From: ekevik@media.uio.no (Oystein Ekevik)
Subject: Re: stuff to see/do in the philippines
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: Dept. of Media & Communication
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 08:33:55 GMT

In article <1jmq27INN874@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, pang@cse.ucsc.edu (Alex Pang)
wrote:
> 
> 
> stuff to do:
> -------------
> 
> eat balut
> eat lechon
> drink tuba
> 
> take a ride on the Death Machine (DM) -- are they still around?
> hang on the back of a packed jeepney

> take a kalesa ride in ongpin (Chinatown of Manila)
- Just be sure that horse is not overidden by a bus, which happened to me
once.
> 
> alex

- Excuse me for being an ignorant, but what is the Death Machine. Or maybe
I don't know because I'm still alive?

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: cgs004@email.mot.com (Gerry Saqueton)
Subject: FW: Breakup of Philippine Telephone Monopoly
Organization: Motorola
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:40:06 GMT
>From: MCMANGPH@NUSVM.BITNET (Ang Peng Hwa)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Philippine Telephone Monopoly to be Broken
Date: 18 Jan 93 13:59:50 GMT
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 29, Message 9 of 11

This from Reuter:
 
MANILA -- Senior Philippine communications official Josefina Lichauco
said yesterday (Friday) she was determined to break up the country's
telephone monopoly after renewed pressure from President Fidel Ramos.
 
"The president has issued an order to abolish the monopoly and it
shall be implemented," said undersecretary Ms Lichauco, who oversees
the nation's communications policy.
 
President Ramos, angered by a report that over 600,000 telephone
applications have been pending for years, ordered officials this week
to dismantle the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT)
monopoly.
 
The average would-be subscriber has to wait four years to get a phone
installed in the Manila area.
 
Ms Lichauco said she was determined to force PDLT, one of the country's 
biggest companies, to allow other telecommunication companies to
interconnect with the PLDT network.

                          ------------------
 
Comments: a strange story that makes Ms. Lichauco a central figure in
breakup. I would have thought that if the President says so, you do
so.  Regardless of how you feel, you *have* to be determined.
 
Also, for those unfamiliar with the Philippines, it is a long standing
joke that the Philippine phone system is modeled after the American
AT&T pre-divestiture model. With one exception -- the Philippine
system does not work.
From: tito@ocf.berkeley.edu (Tito Domine)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re - Break-up of PLDT Monopoly
Date: 22 Jan 1993 06:09:09 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
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	In Article 7809 of soc.culture.filipino:
< cgs004@email.mot.com (Gerry Saqueton) > writes :

 
>MANILA -- Senior Philippine communications official Josefina Lichauco
>said yesterday (Friday) she was determined to break up the country's
>telephone monopoly after renewed pressure from President Fidel Ramos.
 
>"The president has issued an order to abolish the monopoly and it
>shall be implemented," said undersecretary Ms Lichauco, who oversees
>the nation's communications policy.
 
>President Ramos, angered by a report that over 600,000 telephone
>applications have been pending for years, ordered officials this week
>to dismantle the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT)
>monopoly.
 
>The average would-be subscriber has to wait four years to get a phone
>installed in the Manila area.
 
>Ms Lichauco said she was determined to force PDLT, one of the country's 
>biggest companies, to allow other telecommunication companies to
>interconnect with the PLDT network.

	If this piece of news is true AND the determination  of the current
of the current regime REALLY sincere, then it is the single most
significant economic breakthrough that this regime can accomplish.
	The intent should be to introduce the telephone and communications
industry into a competitive environment. Prices would fall and quality
would go up and ultimately, like the AT&T breakup in the '80's, the
beneficiaries would be the consuming public.
	If this regime is really sincere, it deserves the support of all
Filipinos, in and outside the PHils.
	However, it should be pointed out that the governing legislation
to oversee this transition from monopoly to presumably limited competition
among approved firms should be carefully supervised and subjected to
the scrutiny of the general public.
	It could very easily be the replacement of one monopoly by another.
	Siemens, the German firm, owns part interest in PLDT.
	That is why you can't install a phone in the Phils that is not
PLDT's (i.e Siemens).
	At&T has virtuallyo presence in this industry. It is easily
worth about half a billion dollars a year.
	Ramos is certainly closer to the US industrial complex than to
Germany's.
	Could it be that this is AT&T's bid, through Ramos, to break
Siemen's hold on the Phil telephone market ?
	Interesting speculation....

tito


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