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From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: UN Official Accused of Sexual Harassment
Date: 30 Jul 92 16:07:38 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- The Department of Foreign Affairs asked
the United Nations to recall its information chief in Manila after the
diplomat was accused of sexually molesting a Filipino maid, an official
said Thursday.
	The suspect, Mahmoud El-Said, director of the U.N. Information Center
here, denied the allegations as ``malicious and absolutely unfounded.''
	``I was dining with other people, diplomatic friends, when the
supposed incident happened,'' El-Said told reporters after going to the
department to air his side. ``In as much as the system allows me, I will
defend my honor.''
	Protocol chief George Reyes said the DFA based its move on a criminal
complaint filed by the alleged victim, a Filipino maid working for an
American couple in the posh Dasmarinas Village in the capital's Makati
financial district.
	El-Said, an Egyptian, resides in the same exclusive enclave.
	Reyes, citing a police report, said the woman, whom he declined to
identify, was on her way to her employer's home July 19 when the suspect
offered her a ride.
	While inside the car, El-Said allegedly grabbed her and drove past
her employer's house, Reyes said.
	``She was very, very scared. The suspect was very strong physically,''
Reyes told reporters. ``She thought he had a firearm. She was forced to
perform unnatural acts. She was terrified.''
	The maid, however, remembered the car's license plate, and reported
the incident to the village security guards and the police, her
employer, Vernon Loeb, said.
	She later filed a criminal complaint accompanied by her lawyers, who
argued El-Said did not enjoy diplomatic immunity.
	A prosecutor will have to determine if there is enough evidence to
warrant a trial.
	The day after the alleged attack, the maid saw the suspect coming out
of the car in front of his residence. The guards were able to establish
the suspect's identity later.
	Reyes said the foreign office had summoned El-Said and Keshab
Mathema, the acting chief coordinating officer for the U.N. in Manila,
to explain the department's decision.
	``We advised them of their options and he (Mathema) promised to relay
the matter to the U.N. general headquarters,'' Reyes said.
From: gustilo@POBOX.UPENN.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Batasan Spreakership and More Cabinet Appts
Date: 22 Jul 92 03:15:47 GMT

source: tape delayed Channel 9 newscast 7/17/92

Jose de Venecia (Lakas) -- Elected House Speaker 
Raul Dazan (LP) -- Speaker Pro Tem
Ronaldo Zamorra (LDP) -- Majority Leader
Rudolfo Albano (NPC) -- Senior Assistant to the Majority Leader

The Senate is still unsettled at the time of the broadcast.


More Ramos Cabinet Appointments:

F. Joson Jr. -- POEA
D. Bautista -- NIA
R. Cabrera -- NEA (reappointed)
Z. Alonzo -- HUDC acting chairwoman
R. Balao -- NHA (reappointed)
G. Charchitorena -- QUEDAN Guarantee Board
R. Dayan -- PPA (reappointed)
O. Inocentes -- GSIS Trustee
N. Esalen -- UN Representative
C. Pio Rodan -- PVID

I'm not sure what these acronyms stand for.


Standard Disclaimer: 
I am not responsible for comments that I make after 3:00 a.m. or after 5
cups of coffe, whichever comes first.
From: calima@donner.mcs.anl.gov (Odilio J. Calima)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: RE: pinoy movies with subtitles
Date: 27 Jul 92 15:01:59 GMT
Organization: Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago


  I would like to thank all those who responded!
  Maraming salamat!
  -- Odie

  -----
  Odilio J. Calima  6^) calima@earth.eecs.uic.edu  6^) calima@mcs.anl.gov
From: francis@mpl.ucsd.edu (Francis C Felizardo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Foreign Sec Urges Guidelines on Spratlys
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:08:41 GMT
Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
NNTP-Posting-Host: kiko.ucsd.edu

In article <3155@creatures.cs.vt.edu> cadizht@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (Horacio Cadiz) writes:
>From: cadizht@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (Horacio Cadiz)
>Subject: Re: Foreign Sec Urges Guidelines on Spratlys
>Date: 21 Jul 92 14:05:19 GMT


>news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System) writes:

>>       MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus called
>                                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> [ stuff deleted ]


>   I was under the impression that Pres. Ramos named another person to
>assume the cabinet post of Foreign Secretary.  Did he name Manglapus
>to the post again or is the new person waiting for confirmation hearings
>to start?
>   Who are the carry-overs from Aquino's to Ramos's cabinet?

>***********************************************************************
>* bombim cadiz             | Theorem:   The early bird gets the worm. *
>* cadizht@csgrad.cs.vt.edu | Corollary: The early worm gets eaten.    *  
>***********************************************************************

Manglapus is a carry over from the Aquino administration. Recall that Ramos 
ran under a coalition of his party Lakas ng EDSA and Manglapus' party 
National Union of Christian Democrats (NUCD).

Louie posted a cabinet list a couple of weeks ago. I'm not sure if I saved 
it. If anyone did, I wouldn't mind seeing a repost.

   - Francis
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Francis C Felizardo				francis@mpl.ucsd.edu
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 0213	      (619) 534 1085
La Jolla, CA 92093-0213
From: calima@cosmo.mcs.anl.gov (Odilio J. Calima)
Subject: help, room/apartment, Chicago
Organization: Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:04:56 GMT

  Hi!  I'm posting this for a 'kababayan'.

  .....

  	From: rubicos@ucs.orst.edu (Sonia Rubico)
  	Return-Path: <rubicos@ucs.orst.edu> 

  	I'll be doing a 3 week internship sa Peryam & Kroll Co.
	It will be from August 18 until September 10.
	The company's address is 6323 N. Avondale Ave. Chicago,
	IL. 60631.  Ang kakilala ko lang sa Chicago ay si Ronald
	and Joji Guieb (436 West 65th St, Westmont, IL.) 

	I'm looking for a place to stay (dorm, room, etc.)
	which is near the company.

	Also, I'm interested in meeting other Filipino students.
	My field is Food Science, and I graduated from UPLB.
	[UPLB - Univ. of the Phil, Los Banos]

	Maraming Salamat!

  .....

  Reply to Sonia,  rubicos@ucs.orst.edu.

  Thanks!

  -----
  Odie Calima   6^) calima@earth.eecs.uic.edu   6^) calima@mcs.anl.gov
From: kyig6809@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kenneth Yerro Ilio )
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Olympics Swimming -- Phil Results
Date: 29 Jul 92 14:33:08 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

In article <84629@netnews.upenn.edu> news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System) writes:
>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
>Message-ID: <1992Jul28.150354.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
>Date: 28 Jul 92 06:03:54 GMT
>Sender: news@cujo.curtin.edu.au (News Manager)
>Organization: -=[ Curtin University ]=-  Perth, Australia.
>Lines: 69
>
>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
>-- 
>  *******     *******     *******   |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> *       *   *       *   *       *  | The Games of the XXVth Olympiad |
>*         * *         * *         * | Barcelona   July 25 to August 9 |
>*       *******     *******       * |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> *     * *   * *   * *   * *     *                 Day 2
>  *******     *******     *******   |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
>      *         * *         *       |    RSwiftRW@cc.Curtin.edu.au    |
>       *       *   *       *        | Rod Swift     Curtin University |
>        *******     *******         |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||


In today's events, the 100 m breaststroke was also swam ... Lee Concepcion
was in one of the heats.  In fact he was 'seeded' in his heat (he occupied
lane no. 5).  He finished second and failed to qualify.  


The first boxing bout of the 25th olympiad was between a filipino
(roel velasco?) and a kenyan.  it was one of those light weight
classes *maybe a light flyweight* -- the Pinoy outclassed the
kenyan.

Today's bouts saw another filipino boxing (in one of the heavier
classes) ... this time the Pinoy got routed by a Frenchman ... but
according to the commentators, the Pinoy should have won.  Even the
audience booed big time.


-- 
Kenneth Yerro Ilio           Life is a foreign language
Veterinary Biosciences       Every man has mispronounced it ...
University of Illinois                 - Carlos Bulosan
  at Urbana-Champaign
From: bongalon@tcad05.intel.com (Ben Bongalon)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Filipino movies
Date: 22 Jul 92 21:21:05 GMT
Reply-To: bongalon@tcad05.intel.com (Ben Bongalon)


> In article <francis.25.0@mpl.ucsd.edu>, francis@mpl.ucsd.edu (Francis
C Felizardo) writes:
> 
> [stuff deleted]
> 
> > So OK, these movies are pretty old. And half of them are by Mike de Leon 
> > (where is he now anyway?) Like I said, it's been a while. Still, if anyone 
> > has titles to suggest, I'd love to hear them.


Try "The Emma Salazar Case" (Alice Dixon), a film about a rape victim
who struggled her
way up.  "Ipagpatawad Mo", starring Chistopher de Leon and Vilma Santos, is 
a moving film  about a father's dilemma of dealing with an autistic child.

There's two other movies that i've heard good reviews about but haven't got
a chance to see:

Ang Totoong Buhay ni Pacita M. -- Nora Aunor
Maita Gomez: Rebel Queen   (i'm not sure of the exact title)

hope that helps
ben
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: afalla@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: Re: Filipino Store in Boston area???
Reply-To: afalla@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 14:32:19 GMT

In article <ANG.92Jul27104805@mockingbird.lcs.mit.edu>, ang@theory.lcs.mit.edu (William Ang) writes:
>
>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

Hint:  There's one in Quincy, MA.

I've only been there once.  I don't know their exact address.  I do remember it 
being near a T stop.  The selections aren't that good; I'm comparing it to
Filipino stores I've been to in New Jersey.  Actually, somebody told me that
they just get their stuff from New York;  I don't know how true that is,
though.  I do remember getting "fake" tocino, some food mixes, banana ketchup,
some delicacies, Magnolia ice cream.  I didn't get the following but I believe
I saw them there:  itlog na maalat, frozen bangus.
They also rent out filipino videos.

Joval Afalla
Brandeis University

Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: gerry@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au (Gerry Trinidad)
Subject: Re: Metro Manila Private Schools
Organization: James Cook University
Date: 22 Jul 92 00:21:08 GMT

In <aco.711736791@sfu.ca> aco@fraser.sfu.ca (Alvin Milton Co) writes:

>ador@mullara.met.unimelb.edu.au (Susu gedeh!) writes:

[Some Text Deleted, about list of private schools in Manila]

>>If only those who are rich enough to send someone to any of these
>>private schools will donate a small equivalent of the tuition there
>>to a barangay school..

>You don't have to be *rich* to attend most of these private school!

Yes and No.

Yes, you can study in some private schools (certainly not all) even if you (your
family) is not RICH. I am not sure if you can still do that when your family is POOR.

I went to San Beda College for my grade school and most of the students are rich
kids. Of course there are a number of us who were not rich. My family belongs to the
then middle income group, a class that disappeared in recent years. If indeed the
middle class had disappeared, then only kids from NOT POOR (meaning RICH) families
can go to these private schools.

Another thing I would like to point out is that being able to pay the school bills
(tuition and other fees) is not enough. Most parents would tell you that daily
expenses tend to hurt more than those once in a year bills (or quarterly, monthly in
case those options are available). Food is certainly cheaper in public schools. At
least based on my experience when I was in the public school system during my high
school and university years.

Disclaimer : My views are based on my experience as a student and must be taken in
that context. To give you a proper time frame, I got my BSc degree in 1984 and had
been away (except for Christmas breaks) since 1986.
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Imelda Finally Leaves for Hong Kong
Date: 28 Jul 92 16:20:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: netnews.84622
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -- Imelda Marcos, after one false start,
jetted off to Hong Kong Tuesday on her first trip abroad since returning
from exile last year.
	Barred from a morning flight, the widow of the late dictator
Ferdinand Marcos boarded a Cathay Pacific airways jetliner shortly after
1 p.m. and took off about 30 minutes later, airport officials said.
	She was prevented from boarding an earlier flight at 7 a.m. after
immigration officials demanded that she present written permission to
leave the country.
	That flight was delayed for 30 minutes while Cathay Pacific workers
unloaded 16 pieces of luggage belonging to Mrs. Marcos and her five
companions, including her lawyer James Linn and a spokesman.
	``I consider it a clear case of inefficiency,'' she told reporters
shortly before boarding her afternoon flight. ``I feel sorry for the
other passengers,and I hope my associates that were meeting me in Hong
Kong will wait.''
	Mrs. Marcos was scheduled to meet in Hong Kong with associates to
discuss an out-of-court settlement of 36 civil charges pending against
her relating to allegations of illegally gotten wealth during the 20-
year presidency of her late husband.
	The government has agreed to drop the charges in return for a portion
of the money, said to be in the billions of dollars.
	Mrs. Marcos also faces 51 criminal charges, which the government said
would not be included in any settlement offer.
	Wearing a black dress and cherry red shoes, the former first lady
called a move by immigration officials to apply an old ban on her
leaving the country a ``clear case of inefficiency.'' In fact, this time
she had permission to leave.
	Immigration officials allowed her to depart after Justice Secretary
Franklin Drilon ordered them to allow her onto the plane.
	Drilon said Tuesday the Justice Department felt there was no longer
any legal obstacle preventing Mrs. Marcos from traveling on what would
be her first trip abroad since she returned from nearly six years of U.
S. exile Nov. 4.
	Government officials have said they agreed to negotiate a settlement
with the Marcos family on the alleged ill-gotten billions of dollars
because they feared they would end up with ``an empty bag'' if they
continued to pursue the cases in court.
	A six-year effort under former president Corazon Aquino failed to
recover money allegedly looted by the Marcos regime.
	The Marcos family was forced into exile during a 1986 popular revolt
that swept Aquino to power. Mr. Marcos died in exile in 1989.
	Mrs. Marcos ran unsuccessfully against President Fidel Ramos in
general elections May 11, finishing fifth in a field of seven
candidates.
From: gustilo@pop-server.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Results -- Philippine Olympics Team
Date: 27 Jul 92 02:19:51 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Boxing -- Light-flyweight -- First Round: Roel Velasco, Philippines, def.
James Wanene, Kenya, 16-1.


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: castillo@coco.cchs.su.oz.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Pinoy Dream Team
Date: 27 Jul 92 12:22:08 GMT
Organization: Cumberland College of Health Sciences

In article <1992Jul26.185253.1@woods.ulowell.edu>, perezc@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
> Hello out there in netland,
> 
> 	Does anybody know whether our own PBA 'Dream' team is competing in
> the Olympics?  If not,  what happened to them?
> 
> Carlos
> 
  Apparently there is only one qualifier needeth from Asia - Zone 3.  The 
PBA team did competed in this qualifying game which is held during the Asian
games last August 22 - September 1, 1991 in Kobe, Japan.
  The PBA team lost to China in their Final (I think) game with a margin of
28 points, so China is the only one who qualified for the olympic amongst 
17 nations that competed in that Asian games.
  I hope this helps.
-- 

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* TONY CASTILLO                         e-mail: castillo@coco.cchs.su.oz.AU *
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: fragante@unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante)
Subject: Re: Some Are Smarter Than Others
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 16:28:36 GMT

In <francis.33.0@mpl.ucsd.edu> francis@mpl.ucsd.edu (Francis C Felizardo) writes:

>Now that you've whetted our appetites, how about giving us more info? What'
>s the book about? Where did you get it? How much? When was it published? Who'
>s the author? etc. etc.

First, the usual disclaimer - I am not spreading or encouraging propaganda
material. Nor am I intending to endorse the book. Read it for your own fun and
leisure, but don't blame me if you feel awful towards some people afterwards.

OK, the book "Some People Are Smarter Than Others" was written by Ricardo
Manapat, an exiled journalist during the Marcos years. Apparently, Manapat
wrote a number of white papers and documents which were not received well by
many well-placed people at that time. So the best thing for him to do was to
leave MNL and hide in the States. He returned to MNL during Aquino's term and
compiled all his documents into the book. The book is published in MNL - you
could tell because the paper used was brown newsprint - just like the textbooks
you buy at National bookstore. I guess the book was a hit the moment it was
out. And the timing could not have been more unfortunate for some people,
especially for Danding who was campaigning to be President. Copies of the book
found its way to the US and Canada, usually as pasalubongs or pabilis for
friends and relatives. That's how we got our copy.

The other white paper that is rather well-circulated is the "Coco-dile File".
I don't recall who wrote it but had some excerpt from the Manapat book as well
as unique information researched by the author. It dealt mainly around the
infamous coconut levy and the people who controlled it.

As for the other white papers I know of, most of these are not published -
just photocopied documents of this and that. It's hard to tell whether they
are true or not, probably not and these don't have sufficient facts to back-up
any truth. Puro annonations lang as in "sabi niya" at "sabi nito na".

Lately, I was told that the Manapat book is available again in the local
bookstores. Suggest you contact your relatives in MNL and request for a copy.
I'm curious to know why this book has not yet been offered an international
release. There are quite a handful of other Marcos years books published
abroad, but they all pale in comparison to the graphic details of Manapat's
book. I guess if the book was released internationally, foreigners might get a
bad impression of how our political system works and therefore feel unsecure 
about investing in our country.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: aco@fraser.sfu.ca (Alvin Milton Co)
Subject: Re: Metro Manila Private High Schools, Grade Schools
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 04:59:21 GMT

c60a-zg@volga.Berkeley.EDU (Martin Guerrero-LabA) writes:

>Anyone out there studied at a Metro Manila private High School/Grade School?

>I am particularly interested in those who went to Southridge (How many
>out there have even heard of Southridge).

>Thanks.
My brother attended Southridge during the early 80's.  Fairly new school as it
was established in the early 80's.  It's located in Alabang, Metro Manila.
This private school for boys are ran by the Jesuits.  It has a sister school 
called Woodrose, and this is for the girls.  School semester is from mid-June tolate-March!  Hope that's what you want!


Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino

call FIL-AM VIDEO in Sunnyvale (408) 773-1051
From: news@netnews.upenn.edu (USENET News System)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Balintawak Police Dept. Replaced
Date: 30 Jul 92 16:06:03 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.filipino
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


	MANILA (UPI) -- Authorities relieved all 214 officers of a suburban
police station and ordered them to undergo retraining after two of them
were linked to a series of kidnappings in the capital, an official said
Thursday.
	Col. Ramsey Ocampo said policemen of Balintawak district in nearby
Quezon City had been replaced by troops from the national police
headquarters.
	Ocampo said he ordered the relief of the entire station after two
members had been linked to kidnappings of wealthy Filipino-Chinese
businessmen, many of whom are freed after paying ransom amounting to
millions of dollars.
	The two policemen would be prosecuted while the rest of the force
would undergo retraining to upgrade their performance, which Ocampo said
was ``below standard.''
	President Fidel Ramos has urged a crackdown on crime, including
kidnapping, which has become a lucrative cottage industry in the
Philippines and a source of apprehension among potential foreign
investors.
From: bh1s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Benjamin Holz)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: Olympics Swimming -- Phil Results
Date: 30 Jul 92 15:14:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.IeS7TjW00VohQ5spdM
	<Bs5n3E.41K@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Freshman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Does anyone know if this girl is Akiko Thompson. We were good friends
when I was younger and I know she was planning on swimming in these
olympics:

>SWIMMING - Women's 200m Freestyle HEATS
>=======================================
>at Piconnell Pool, Montjuic 
>
>HEAT 1:
>-------
>1	THOMPSON, Gillian		PHI	2:07.95


Thanks for anyone who responds...

Ben Holz (bh1s)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
From: ang@theory.lcs.mit.edu (William Ang)
Subject: Filipino Store in Boston area???
Organization: MIT Lab for Computer Science
Distribution: ne
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:48:05 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
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino