September 16 - 30, 2017
OPINION
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Trudeau’s Selfie Stick
Breaking
Point
speech that his
justice minister,
the former B.C.
chief Jody Wilson-Raybould,
said the UN declaration
was “unworkable” and that
Canada was not happy about
it.
Second, his speech
was self-serving. The PM’s
“humblebrag
speech”
sounded much like he was
still on a campaign trail
(which pretty much marks
his governance, as he, until
now, kisses orphans and
takes selfies wherever he
goes). The problem is, he
was addressing the UN, not
Canadian teenagers and
young people who will vote
for him and his bedimpled
smile. He continued to brag
his government’s efforts to
correct past wrongs, one
of which was not truthful,
since despite his claim that
his government is a “full
supporter” of the United
Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
it has actually repeatedly
hedged about clauses that
appear to give native people
the right to declare unilateral
independence, and to veto
development that was not
beneficial for them.
Third, he continued
washing his dirty laundry
in public, trying his best to
discredit his predecessor
By Rosette Correa
I am a speech writer, and
I know what words to use to
catch the audience’s specific
emotions – happiness, anger,
enthusiasm,
indifference,
etc. but I have never, in my
twenty years or so, writing
speeches for different people
and different careers, have I
ever been ambiguous. Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau’s
UN speech was not only
ambiguous, it left the entire
world, including Canada,
staring at their televisions,
with their jaws dropping
and saying, “What was he
thinking?”
First of all, it was a United
Nations gathering of leaders,
all concerned about the state
of affairs of the whole world
– North Korea, the Rohingya,
or United Nations reform, to
name three topics that figured
into the speeches of dozens
of leaders at the general
assembly. Trudeau’s speech,
however, was about Canada’s
embarrassing history, in
particular residential schools,
and how the administrators
of those schools treated
Aboriginal children. Trudeau
thought that his speech would
further concretize Canada’s
endorsement of the United
Nations
Declaration
of
Indigenous Rights, but he was
reminded by reporter after his
Bulong
Pulungan
the opportunity to secure
the non-permanent seat
on the UN Security Council
and address the issues on
UN Peacekeeping efforts of
Canada and climate change
initiatives.
Listening to him made
me think what kind of speech
writer he has, and why, of all
fora, did the writer choose
to deal with the dirty laundry
at the UN. The poor writer
had his own agenda in mind,
and because Trudeau wasn’t
thinking because he was
fixing his coiffure, he didn’t
think to go over the speech
before he gave it. That lost
Canada plenty of precious UN
time that some of us cannot
fathom he would waste.
Trudeau’s UN speech was
a reflection of what he truly
thinks of Canada – him and
the country at the end of a
selfie stick, isolated, and one
that couldn’t care less.
Coalition is bent on licking cancer
gathering we
hold
here,
Reprinted from Manila Bulletin
thanks to his
only daughter
Angel Thoughts
H.O.P.E – Hold On, Malu Antonio Veloso, the
bridal and debut designer.
Pain Ends.—Anonymous
But let’s not forget
Hope is being able to see
that there is light despite all Antonio’s wife Marina Reyes
of the darkness. —Desmond was very much an achiever in
her own right.
Tutu
When the two were
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The one-storey heritage introduced by their mutual
house of National Artist clients Speaker and Mrs.
architect Pablo Antonio at Jose Yulo, Marina was already
2650 Zamora Street, Pasay an accomplished fashion
amid lush trees and plants designer known for her dainty,
typifies tropical architecture romantic renditions of the
with eco-friendly features Filipiniana. What attracted
way before the trend started. Pablo Antonio was in fact the
It’s still stylish up to now, and way she had decorated the
one of my favorite luncheon house she was living in. He
destinations. Every Maryknoll was to later say that he could
By Deedee Siytangco
Prime
Minister
Stephen
Harper, by saying that his
government’s controversial
proposal
to
close
tax
loopholes for small business
corporations was underway -
not that the UN really needed
to hear about that.
What the UN was really
waiting for in Trudeau’s
speech, which he did not
deliver, was his government’s
stand about Canada’s role in
the UN peacekeeping mission.
Many of Canada’s allies
are becoming increasingly
frustrated with its dilly-dallying
on delivering on this promise.
Even in a press conference
after his speech, Trudeau had
no answers about when a
decision might be made.
Environmental activists
have also grown increasingly
frustrated at the Trudeau
government’s snail pace
on the climate change file.
Despite the conferences,
workshops,
plenaries
and meetings, Canada’s
greenhouse gas reduction
framework is the one Stephen
Harper put in place. So, is
Trudeau’s selfie stick taking
him too far away from the
real issues, or does he feel
so much better criticizing
others and skirting the issue,
shaking his hands and saying,
“It wasn’t me!” He certainly
wanted the UN to know
about it badly enough to miss
not have married someone
who didn’t know how to fix
her house.
Their union led to the
birth of a daughter, Malu
and five sons namely Pablo
Jr., Victor, Luis, Ramon,
and Francis. They also
had an adopted daughter
Annette. All would follow their
footsteps into the realms of
architecture, art, and fashion
design. Marina’s love of food,
flowers, and the art of fixing
both home and garden were
also passed along even to
the fourth generation of
Antonios.
To celebrate Marina’s
birth anniversary, an old
fashioned salon type show
will be held on Sept. 30
at the Zamora house.
Clients, daughters of clients,
and Marina’s own great
granddaughters will model her
classic ternos and wedding
gowns at a high tea. It will be
a v isit from another era when
times were gentle and slower,
when fittings with clients
revolved around entertaining
amid the lush greenery of the
Antonio abode.
“Love, Marina” will
highlight not just fashion but
also the food specialties of
the Garden Room and a new
exhibit from the Vibrant Art
Studio in the Yellow Room.
And as a nod to the quickly
approaching
Christmas
season, there will be art and
fashion as gift items for sale,
WWW.PHILIPPINEASIANNEWSTODAY.COM
as well as flowers and edible
gifts.
This will be the first
annual fashion event at the
heritage home of Pablo
Antonio and his wife Marina,
to be held every September.
For inquiries call 02
831 8407, 63 917 539 3940
(Vicky), and 63 937 370 9615
(Letlet)
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With almost 110,000
new cancer cases per year
and over 66,000 cancer
deaths per year, Cancer
Coalition Philippines is calling
on congress to prioritize the
passage of the proposed
National Integrated Cancer
Control Act to halt the
increasing burden of cancer
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