Kim Clijsters Beats Serena Williams 6-4, 7-5, Scores One of the Biggest Upsets in the US Open, Sept 12, 2009, 10:50am ET, Clijsters-Wozniacki Finals

12 September 2009, 10:50am Eastern Time

Kim Clijsters is definitely back!

Clijsters was about to break Serena in the last game of the match when Serena suddenly had an argument with a female line umpire over a foot fault called against her.  That incident earned for Serena a point penalty which happened to be the match point, the final point, thus allowing Clijsters to beat the American ace 6-4, 7-5 to move to the finals of the US Open.

Serena Williams approached the female line umpire, 

addressing her directly with racket raised

With the score standing at 6-4, 6-5, 40-15 in favor of Kim 

Clijsters, Serena Williams discusses the foot fault call with 

tournament officials as the female line umpire looks on. The 

point penalty deprived Kim Clijsters the chance 

to win the match point with her racket.

Only one woman now stands in the way of Kim Clijsters' winning the US Open 2009, the winner of the Yanina Wickmayer - Caroline Wozniacki match now playing. 

That match has just ended with the 19-year-old Wozniacki winning 6-3, 6-3.

It will be a Clijsters-Wozniacki showdown for the women's championship of the US Open 2009.

 

 

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Camille Lou Castillo Libron is the Pinay Aboard the Ill-Fated Yemenia Airbus A310, 13-Year-Old Bahia Bakari is the Lone Survivor

2 July 2009

Camille Lou Castillo Libron, 26 years old and single is the Pinay stewardess aboard the ill-fated Yemenia Airbus A310 that crashed into the Indian Ocean off the island nation of Comoros.  The confirmation of the Filipina's identity was made by the Philippine Embassy in Saudi Arabia which has jurisdiction over Filipinos in Yemen. 

Contrary to initial reports, the lone survivor among the 153 passengers of the crashed jet is a 13-year-old French national of Comorian descent.  In a miraculous story of survival, Bahia Bakari was plucked out of the water while clinging on to plane debris by rescuers hours after the plane plunged into the Indian Ocean.

More on this story in this GMANews.tv article.

In her blog, Adventures of a Beauty Queen, Miss Joyce Ann Burton shows two pictures of Camille, one by herself and the other with her best friend Vesta.  According to Joyce, Camille is a former student of hers at the Wings School for Flight Attendants.

I also found this blog post, Yemen Jet Crash, The Story About the Only Filipino on Board, by a close friend of Camille.  Spicensash describes Camille as "the most enthusiastic and happiest person I know."

We join her family, relatives and friends in praying for a miracle in the life of young Camille Libron.

(Note: Here is the first article I posted regarding the Yemenia Airbus A310 tragedy.) 

 

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OFW Heroes Arden Jugueta and Mildred Perez Featured in GMA 7's OFW Diaries — Shows Last Photo of Arden Jugueta Before Boarding Air France Flight 447

13 June 2009

GMA 7's OFW Diaries hosted by Miss Kara David has featured OFW heroes Arden Jugueta, the Filipino seaman who lost his life in the Air France Flight 447 tragedy and Mildred Perez, Pinay heroine who returned a considerable sum of money in spite of her extreme personal financial need.

This is Arden Jugueta wearing his seaman's uniform:

And this is Arden's last known photograph taken before boarding of ill-fated Air France Flight 447:

This is Arden Jugueta's story (photos and video courtesy of GMANews.tv):

For the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TV

Goodbye Arden Jugueta, a loving father, husband and son who's now back safely in the bosom of our Heavenly Father.

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Photos of Platinum Plans and Legacy Pre-Need Industry Victims and of Dubai Bus Drivers and their Families Who Sought Assistance of the Senate

8 June 2009

Below are photos I took in the Senate of the victims of the pre-need industry fiasco in the Philippines and of Dubai bus drivers and their families.  

The two Senate hearings were conducted by the committees of Senator Mar Roxas and Senator Jinggoy Estrada.

Pre-Need Industry Victims and SEC Officials 

Attending the Senate Committee Hearing

Chaired by Senator Mar Roxas

May 28, 2009

Assisted by the Ople Policy Center,

Dubai Bus Drivers & Their Families 

Victims of Recruitment and Lending Scams 

Attending the Senate Hearing Chaired

By Senator Jinggoy Estrada

June 3, 2009

 

Our nation are hurting and our people need help.  The SEC, for the first time, has shown encouraging signs of heeding my suggestion of holding a pre-need industry conference to find long-term solutions to the problems besetting the industry and short-term ones that may give some  relief to distressed planholders and beneficiaries.  

The collapse of big pre-need companies have left many parents who invested in the pension plans and educational plans empty-handed thus jeopardizing the chance to study of millions of Filipino children. The Legacy scandal has rocked the nation and deprived investors of hundreds of millions of pesos in investments. 

There are, if not mistaken, 67 or 68 bus drivers still left stranded in Dubai.  They can't pay the P3.6 million overstaying fees that's been slapped against them by the Dubai government and they don't have money to pay their plane fares back home.  On top of that, the lending company from whom they were made to borrow money to pay placement fee to the recruiter is now running after them.

Let's do all that we can to help our OFWs and the victims of the pre-need industry fiasco in the Philippines.

More on this when I return. (Please drop back again; I'll try to tell more about the stories behind these pictures when I return.)

VIDEO UPDATE

9 June 2009

I've located the ABS-CBN video clip showing the wives of stranded drivers in Dubai seeking the help of our government for their quick return home. The bus drivers and their families here are being assisted by the Ople Policy Center.  

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