Page 6 - LM Confidential Issue August 2014

Filipino
Jury Trial for Ohio Killings moved + Activist detained in Texas
World
LOS ANGELES – The jury trial of a Filipino man suspected of killing three people in an Ohio bar shooting was postponed a month from its the original August 4 schedule to give the defendant’s lawyers more time to build a stronger case for his defense.
A Sandusky County judge on July 7 ruled that 33-year-old Igmidio Mista’s jury trial be moved to September 8.The judge also granted the defense lawyers’ request for a $750 budget to be spent on expert assistance, which includes the procurement of security footage that captured the March 9 shooting at the Last Call bar in Fremont, Ohio.
Among those killed in the incident were off-duty police officer Elmore Jose Andy Chavez, 26; bartender Ramiro Sanchez, 28; and Daniel Ramirez, 25. A fourth man, 25-year old Ramiro Arreola, was injured during the incident.
According to earlier reports by the Associated Press, Mista was allegedly hitting on a woman in the nightclub, who then rebuffed his advances.
This resulted in an altercation between Mista and the victims. Mista then allegedly pulled out a gun and started shooting.
According to reports, the Filipino gunman is an undocumented immigrant.
Activist detained
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio
Vargas, an undocumented immigrant and prominent activist, was detained for several hours July 15 after being stopped at a security checkpoint at an airport in the border city of McAllen, Texas.
The U.S. Border Patrol said agents apprehended Vargas “after he stated that he was in the country illegally.” He was later released on his own recognizance and provided with a notice to appear before an immigration judge.
Vargas, 33, who has lived for years in the United States without proper papers, has made himself a focal point of debate about immigration with frequent media appearances and testimony last year before a U.S. Senate committee.
He has called himself one of the most privileged undocumented immigrants in the United States, who hides in plain sight, pays his taxes, and, because of his notoriety, speaks on behalf of millions of immigrants in the country.
Vargas was in the Texas border area to visit a shelter for Central American children who fled their countries to escape heightened levels of violence, said United We Dream, an immigration activist group for which Vargas was working.
In an article on Friday, he wrote that his notoriety had shielded him, but each flight was a gamble because he lacked a visa.
“I am not sure if my visibility will continue to protect me - not here, not at the border,” he wrote in Politico.
In the article, he said he was outraged by media coverage of the child migration issue and wanted to showcase his own story during the visit to McAllen.
‘DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN’
On July 15, Vargas posted a picture of himself holding a passport of his native Philippines and a miniature copy of the U.S. Constitution on a Facebook page for Define American, an immigration rights group he co-founded, as he was about to go through airport security in McAllen for a flight to Los Angeles.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen,”
wrote
Vargas.
Another
photo
posted
soon
afterward
showed
a man
identified
as Vargas
being
placed in
handcuffs by uniformed personnel.
Vargas has traveled extensively throughout the United States without any U.S. government-issued identification and using his Philippines passport, which does not contain a visa for staying in the country.
Vargas left the Philippines in 1993 when he was 12 to join his grandparents in California. He only discovered he had a fake green card when he applied for a driver’s license at age 16. Vargas won a Pulitzer in 2008 as part of a team that covered the Virginia Tech shootings for the Washington Post. He revealed he was an undocumented immigrant in a 2011 essay in the New York Times Magazine.
In an interview with Reuters in June to coincide with his debut film, “Documented,” Vargas said he had lived in fear of deportation.
“I’ve always been paranoid. I always felt like I had the word ‘illegal’ tattooed on my forehead,” he said.
Louise delos Reyes’ fight weight gain
Kabi-kabilang intriga ang pinupukol sa former Kam- bal Sirena star na si Louise delos Reyes nitong mga nagdaang linggo. Andiyan na siya raw diumano ang naging mitsa ng paghihiwalay ni Aljur Abrenica at Kylie Padilla. Kumalat din ang mga bali-balitang buntis ang Kapuso actress na mariin niyang pinabu- laanan.
Kaya nang makapanayam ng GMANetwork.com ang dalaga, hindi naitago nito ang pagkadismaya sa bagong isyu na muling pinupukol kanya: ang pag-gain niya ng weight.
Aniya, masyadong mataas ang expectations ng publiko lalong-lalo na sa mga female celebrities na para kay Louise ay nakaka-stress.
“Nakaka-stress for an artist ah lalo na for me. Ako kasi as much as possible gusto kong maiba ‘yung personal life ko, ‘yung life as Louise outside showbi- zness, and iba si Louise kapag nakikita niyo sa TV.”
Dagdag niya, “Ang work ko dine-demand na maging ganito ang hitsura ko, pero sana ‘pag out- side, I can be as myself.”
Alam ni Louise na maraming nakakapansin na nag-gain siya ng weight habang nagbabakasyon kaya determinado siya na ibalik ang kanyang sexy figure. Naghahanda na rin daw siya para sa mga susunod na projects na ibibigay ng Kapuso Net- work.
“Ngayon na medyo tumaba ako, medyo nag- gain ako ng weight nung nagbakasyon ako [kaya] gusto ko mag-workout talaga uli. Talagang bumalik yung dating figure ko na medyo payat ng konti, me- dyo toned ng konti. Nagre-ready na rin ako kung ano man projects ang ibibigay nila sa akin.”
Ni-reveal din ni Louise na humuhugot siya ng in- spirasyon ngayon sa kanta ni Colbie Caillat na ‘Try.’ Napakaganda raw ng mensahe ng single ni Colbie on women empowerment.
“I just wanna share also na may nakita akong video ni Colbie [Caillat]. Mayroon siyang bagong kanta ngayon na ‘Try’ and yung music video niya sobrang empowering for women. Kasi nag-start yung music video na beauty shot as in magaganda silang lahat.
“So habang kumakanta sila tinatanggal nila ‘yung make-up nila hanggang bare face na lang sila. So sana maging ganun ‘yung tingin natin sa ganda. Sana yung purity ng mukha natin, ‘yung sim- plicity na binigay sa atin ni God, yung [natural na] hitsura natin, let’s just [learn to] accept it.”
Taste
of Manila
RIGHT, Organizers of Taste of Manila pose with Mayor Rob Ford at their launching at Cusina.
FAR RIGHT, Rolly and Nieves Mangante are joined by their daughters and pos with Mayor Rob Ford.
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