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20 years of service to the community
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Time flies.
Exactly 20 years ago this month, The SUN shone for the Filipinos in Hong Kong. It was
the fulfillment of a dream that took shape years earlier, or shortly after I arrived here in 1987 and
realized there was no reliable information channel serving the community.
But turning that dream into reality proved to be difficult. Several people offered to fund
the publication of a news-paper, but everyone wanted a business model different from what we had
in mind.
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Anak Araw |
Pagpapabaya
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Nitong nakaraang buwan ay naging saksi tayo sa nangyari kay Manang Gloria Ortinez,
ang OFW na biktima ng tanim-bala sa Manila airport. Halos buong araw kasi ay naglagi siya sa
opisina ng The SUN, kasama ang mga naghatid sa kanya na sina Susan "Toots" Ople na tagataguyod ng
mga OFW, at ang abogado niyang si Atty Spocky Farolan, kaya nasaksihan namin siya nang malapitan.
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Migrant's Forum |
Nanay Gloria's journey to HK
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President Benigno Simeon Aquino III recently told the media that cases of tanim-bala
were sensationalized, citing figures to prove his point. As an OFW advocate, I respectfully
disagree. Looking at this from a purely numbers perspective could lead one to overlook the deep trauma
that such incidents have caused its innocent victims.
Had he met and spoken to 56-year old OFW Gloria Ortinez, our President would have
learned the following:
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Know Your Rights |
The Mission
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This was the speech delivered by the Mission for Migrant Workers' general manager,
Cynthia Tellez, at the launch of the 10-year Impact Evaluation Report of the Mission's work held on
December 5, 2015 at the Li Hall of St. John's Cathedral.
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With at least one -- and possibly two disqualification cases in the presidential race --
the Supreme Court has assured the nation politics will not dictate its decisions.
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Staff and volunteers at the Mission for Migrant Workers had reason to celebrate when
they launched the non-government organization's 10-year Impact Evaluation Report at Li Hall of St
John's Cathedral on Dec. 4. Nearly all, or 97% of migrants who sought assistance said that they were
helped by the Mission, and more than half of them (57%) said they would recommend the NGO to others.
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After being away on business, John thought it would
be nice to bring his girlfriend a little
gift. "How about some perfume?" he asked the cosmetics clerk.
She showed him a $50.00 bottle.
"That's a bit much," said John, so she returned with a
smaller bottle for $30.00.
"That's still quite a bit," John complained.
Growing annoyed, the clerk brought out a tiny
$15.00 bottle.
"What I mean," said John, "is I'd like to look at
something really cheap."
The clerk handed him a mirror.
Stragedy
A bus full of housewives going on a picnic, fell into
a river. All died.
Each husband cried for a week. One husband,
however, continued for more than two
weeks and attracted the attention of a reporter, who
interviewed him.
Reporter: Did you miss your wife so much?
Husband: No, my wife missed the bus!!!
Controlling
In heaven, God told all husbands and wives to gather
for a meeting.
He told the men to stand in two queues: Those who
are controlled by their wives and those
who control their wives.
Only one man stood in the second queue.
God said "So you control your wife?"
Man: "Are you CRAZY? My wife told me to stand
here!"
Miscall
A junior in office dialed his boss's extension by
mistake and said: Hey, send a coffee to
my cubicle in two minutes
Boss shouted: "Do you know who you are talking
to?"
Junior: No!
Boss: I'm the BOSS
Junior (in same tone): Do you know who you are
talking to?
Boss: No!
Junior: THANK GOD! (and disconnected)
Longevity
A Chinese man married an African woman and had a
child. Two months later the child
passed away.
At the funeral house, the African woman kept
sobbing and saying: "I KNEW IT !!! I KNEW
IT !!!"
A family member pulled her aside and asked:
"What did you know?"
She replied: "That, Chinese products don't last
long!!"
First Class
First year students at Medical School were receiving
their first anatomy class with a real
dead human body.
They all gathered around the surgery table with the
body covered with a white sheet.
The professor started the class by telling them, "In medicine,it
is necessary to have two important
qualities as a doctor. The first is that you should not be
disgusted by anything involving the human body."
The Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger
in the anus of the corpse, withdrew it
and stuck it in his mouth.
"Go ahead and do the same thing," he told his
students. The students initially freaked
out, hesitated for several minutes, but eventually took turns
sticking a finger in the anus of the corpse
and sucking on it.
When everyone finished, the Professor looked at the
class and told them, "The second
most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle
finger but sucked on my index finger.
Now learn to pay attention!"
Heart surgeon
A mechanic was removing a cylinder head from the
motor of a Harley, when he spotted
a world-famous heart surgeon in his shop.
The heart surgeon was waiting for the service
manager to come take a look at his bike.
The mechanic shouted across the garage, "Hey Doc can I ask
you a question?"
The famous surgeon, a bit surprised, walked over to
the mechanic working on the
motorcycle. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands
on a rag and asked, "So Doc, look at this engine.
I also can open it up, take valves out, fix 'em, put in new parts
and when I finish this will work
just like a new one. So how come I get a pittance and you get
the really big money, when you and I
are doing basically the same work?"
The surgeon paused, smiled and leaned over, and
whispered to the mechanic, "Try doing
it while it's running."
Money talk
A one dollar bill met a 20 dollar bill and said, "Hey,
where've you been? I haven't seen
you around here much."
The twenty answered, "I've been hanging out at the
casinos, went on a cruise and did
the rounds of the ship, back to the United States for awhile,
went to a couple of baseball games, to
the mall, that kind of stuff. How about you?"
The one dollar bill said, "You know, same old stuff,
church, church, church."
Tit for tat
A man walks into a pharmacy and wanders up and
down the aisles.
The salesgirl notices him and asks if she can help
him. He answers that he looking for a box
of tampons for his wife. She directs down the correct aisle.
A few minutes later, he deposits a huge bag of cotton
balls on the counter.
She says, confused, "Sir, I thought you were looking
for tampons for your wife?"
"You see it's like this," he explains. "Yesterday, I sent
my wife to the store to get me a carton
of cigarettes and she came home with a tin of tobacco and
some rolling paper. So, I figure, if I have
to roll my own, SO DOES SHE!"
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