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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY February 1 - 15, 2016
Grand Opening of Kalai’s Dosa Hut Restaurant
A
new restaurant
recently opened
with Canada’s
Minister of National Defence, Harjit Singh Saj-
jan, as guest of Honor. The
new restaurant Kalai’s Dosa
Hut is located at 7233,Fraser Street,Vancouver. It was
opened last February 5.
The owner of the restaurant Mr Kalai was glad
that there was a big turnout
of the press , mainstream
and ethnic media were in-
vited, and also announced
“Dosa Hut will be introducing the first of its kind in
Canada the Gold Dosa”,
(Dosa with edible gold) and
Canada’s Minister of National Defence, Harjit Singh Minister of National Defence,
Sajjan, cutting the ribbon at the grand opening of Harjit Singh Sajjan,eating Gold
Kalai’s Dosa Hut. Also seen to his left is Mr. Kalai, Dosa at the Kalai’s Dosa Hut
the owner of the restaurant
Minister Sajjan and Dosa Hut owner
Mr. Kalai at the restaurant on Fraser
Street in Vancouver.
at the Grand opening the
first Gold Dosa was made
for the Minister of National
Defence, Harjit Singh Sajjan.•
Rey Fortaleza , Min. Sarjan and Zeala Cortez
Shoot For Your Dreams celebrity charity basketball fest
Showbiz personalities
Vhong Navarro, Zanjoe
Marudo,
Rayver
Cruz,
Jason Abalos and several
Philippine
Basketball
Association (PBA) legends
took time off their busy
schedules to hit the court in
a friendly match in support
of “Shoot For Your Dreams”
held Feb. 3 at the Ynares
Sports Arena in Pasig City.
“Shoot
For
Your
Dreams” is organized by
former TESDA Director
General Joel Villanueva
with the aim of inspiring
people to continue aspiring
to become the best they
can be.
“Gusto ko ipakita sa
ating kababayan na we
should never lose hope.
Dapat buhay na buhay
parati ang pag-asa natin…
hindi dapat bumitaw ang
bawa’t Pilipino sa mga
pangarap niya,” Villanueva
Showbiz hunks and PBA legends with Joel Villanueva in two teams.
said.
The
project
was
launched two years ago in
Iloilo City. It has since toured
Baguio City, San Fernando
and General Santos City,
among others.
It is hoped the project
will spur people to dream
big and work on attaining it
by studying hard and even
gaining employment.
In line with his advocacy,
Joel lauded actress Julia
Montes’
determination
to pursue her dream of
becoming a chef. He shared
he once met Julia when
she took a short Culinary
Arts course in TESDA last
year. He said Julia’s beauty,
diligence and ambition
impressed him the most.
“Sobrang bilib ako
kay Julia kasi hindi siya
tumitigil kahit narating na
niya ang tagumpay. Marami
pa siyang ibang ambition
at kanyang tinututukan ang
mga ito,” he said.
Villanueva
extended
his gratefulness to celebs
and players who have been
supporting the project.
“Nakakataba ng puso
na pinaunlakan nila kami
kahit busy sila,” he said.
“Madalas ko na sila kasama.
It’s either we met through
mutual friends, or dahil sa
hilig namin sa basketball,”
he shared.
They were divided
into 2 teams: The All Star
Team, composed of the
celebs as well as basketball
players LA Tenorio, Japeth
Aguilar, Eduardo Daquioag,
Jervy Cruz, Jericho Cruz
and Antipolo City Mayor
Casimiro Ynares III; and
the Team Trabaho, which
includes Jerry Codinera,
Marlou Aquino, Kenneth
Duremdes, Bal David,
Rodney Santos, Bobby
Jose, Alvin Patrimonio,
Johnny Abarrientos, Noli
Locsin
and
Villanueva
himself.
The All-Star Team
won 116-105 over Team
- R. Tan, MB
Trabaho.•
HIV positive employee wins case over Ricky Reyes
Celeb hairdresser Ricky
Reyes has lost in the discrimination case filed by a
former employee who has
been diagnosed as human
immunodeficiency
virus
(HIV) positive.
The National Labor
Relations
Commission
(NLRC), in a decision promulgated recently, ordered
Reyes to reinstate and pay
back the wages of the 47year-old employee Renato
Nocos, including salary differentials and other mandatory benefits which amounted to P615,313.06.
The NLRC, through
its labor arbiter Joanne G.
Hernandez-Lazo, said that
Reyes transferred Nocos to
a branch which was about
to close shop upon learning that the employee has
showed symptoms of the
partner Tonneth Moreno
HIV infection.
“HIV illness is not high- before the NLRC on March
ly contagious and it is not 3, 2014 after he was shown
transmitted through touch- the door last Feb. 28, 2014.
ing, hugging, sneezing, The employee claimed that
he was fired after he discoughing, eating
or drinking common utensils or
being around an
infected person.
Thus, the means
by which they
(Reyes et al) tried
to protect their
other employees
and customers
unduly trampled
upon the rights
of the complainRicky Reyes and Renato Nocos
ant (Nocos),” the
decision read.
Nocos filed a case of closed that he has HIV.
Aside from a discrimidiscrimination,
unlawful
termination, non-payment nation case, he also filed a
of lawful wages and benefits separate complaint allegagainst Reyes and business ing that Reyes and Moreno
failed to pay his Social Security Service (SSS) and
PhilHealth premiums since
2003.
The employee said that
his victor y at the NLRC
is “an encouragement”
for other HIV positive
employees fighting for
their rights.
“There is now a
good reason for me to
strive harder and get
my life back, confident
that justice shall reign
supreme. On other
hand, this victory is
an encouragement for
those HIV positive human beings like me who
are fighting for respect and
dignity. Deep in my heart,
I’m praying for NLRC to
dismiss any appeal. And I’m
praying for enlightenment
for my boss Mother Ricky,”
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Nocos was quoted as saying.
Last July, Ricky Reyes
Corporation denied that it
has sacked Nocos for being
HIV positive, saying that he
did not report back to work
when the branch where he
works in stopped its operations.
“There has never been
a case of such experienced
by the Ricky Reyes Group Of
Companies for the past four
decades in the business. So
in the highest degree of respect to persons, we will not
allow such actions whether
it comes from the management or up to the rank and
file to allow such discriminations to occur,” Ricky Reyes
Corporation earlier said in
a statement.•
- AJH/JE, PDI