2009 06/03-06/09

MANILA MAIL COMMUNITY

The Only Filipina and the Only Asian at 'The Lion King' in Las Vegas. Michelle Aguilar Camaya is from La Union and a UC-Irvine dance graduate. She's been dancing since age 4.

IRS Now Accepting Applications For Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Grants

The Internal Revenue Service announced last week (per IRS-2009-52) that the 2010 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) grant application process is now open.

“Low Income Taxpayer Clinics provide an incredibly important service to taxpayers who find themselves in need of assistance. These grants are a wise investment in ensuring that there is a safety net for those having trouble navigating the system,” said Doug Shulman, IRS Commissioner.

The LITC grant program is a federal program administered by the Taxpayer Advocate Service, led by National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson. The LITC program serves individuals who have a problem with the IRS and whose income is below a certain level. LITCs also provide outreach and education to taxpayers who speak English as a second language. LITCs are independent from the IRS. Most LITCs can provide representation before the IRS or in court on audits, tax collection disputes and other issues for free or for a small fee. Many clinics provide multilingual information about taxpayer rights and responsibilities.

Under the LITC grant program, the IRS awards matching grants of up to $100,000 per year to qualifying organizations to develop, expand or maintain low-income taxpayer clinics. The program is in its eleventh year and continues to expand. To date in 2009, the LITC Program Office has awarded LITC grants to 162 organizations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia , and Puerto Rico .

Examples of qualifying organizations include:

· Clinical programs at accredited law,

· business or accounting schools, whose students represent low income taxpayers in tax disputes with the IRS, and

· Organizations exempt from tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(a) that represent low-income taxpayers in tax disputes with the IRS or refer those taxpayers to qualified representatives.

The application period for these grants will run through July 7, 2009. The grant will cover the 2010 grant cycle, from Jan. 1, 2010, through Dec. 31, 2010. Applications must be electronically filed, postmarked, sent by private delivery service, or hand delivered to the LITC Program Office in Washington , D.C. by July 7, 2009.

Copies of the 2010 Grant Application Package and Guidelines, IRS Publication 3319 (Rev. 5-2009), are available at www.irs.gov/advocate. Applicants may also order application packages from the IRS Distribution Center by calling 1-800-829-3676. Applicants can also file electronically atwww.grants.gov. Those applying electronically should use the Funding Number TREAS-GRANTS-052010-001.

Questions about the LITC Program or grant application process can be addressed to the LITC Program Office at (202) 622-4711, not a toll-free call, or by e-mail at LITCProgramOffice@irs.gov.

For more information about the clinics receiving funding in 2009, see Publication 4134, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic List. This publication is available at www.irs.gov, by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM, or at your local IRS office.

TO-BE-SEEN IN THE CITY

Union City’s Mexico Lindo Restaurant To Open June 12th

After Almost a year of waiting for the proper permit, Mexico Lindo finally got much awaited approval from the Union City Council to have live entertainments every Friday, Saturday andSunday nights.

With this approval, Mexico Lindo will be only establishment in Union City to have live entertainments and dancing to the music of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, most commonly known as the music of the “Baby Boomers”.

At The center of these new development in night entertainment in Union City are Tony Victoria, and Joey Paragas who in partnership with the owners of the Mexico Lindo , Grace Villa and Obed Ramos will manage the night entertainments every weekends where retro bands will be playing every Friday and Saturday nights and Karaoke to entertain every Sunday nights.

Tony Victoria, a veteran night club personality will be running the night entertainment. Victoria is also the man behind the success of the most popular club in Daly City , the Casa Manila andSouth San Francisco ’s Edna’s Ichiban Library before his retirement in 2004. Before that, Victoria was a newspaper publisher and musician who traveled worldwide gaining experiences in managing night clubs internationally including the Philippines where he started as a musician in the world famous Dewey Boulevard before its name was changed to Roxas Boulevard. His management skills came from years of experience in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and other countries in Southeast Asia.

Mexico Lindo, a 20 year establishment in Union City is the most popular Mexican Restaurant in Union City serving a large variety of the most delectable Mexican food and a full bar with an ample parking around the building.

Already booked for the first few months to play at Mexico Lindo are the Deep Blue, Same Old Band (S.O.B.), 60’s/70’s Band, and The Young Once who will be playing retro dance music of the 60’s and 70’s.

Mexico Lindo will also be the venue for the coming concerts of popular Philippine artists who come to San Francisco to entertain Filipino/Americans who regularly watch their favorite artists on TV broadcast from the Philippines. Also appearing at Mexico Lindo are local talents that will be featured during the Sunday Karaoke nights.

Mexico Lindo is located along Alvarado Niles Road corner Central Avenue next to the Union City Post Office. For more information, please c all: 1-(888) 807-7745. For reservations, please call(510) 471-4525.

PERSONAL NOTES

The Only Filipina & The Only Asian at The Lion King. It feels really good to be a Filipino these days – with Charice’s 3^rd recent appearance at the Oprah, promoting her song ‘Note To God’ (already a popular iTunesdownload feature), Manny Pacquiao getting hailed as the ‘Greatest Boxer fo All-Time’, now comes to my recent awareness that Michelle Aguilar Cayama, who is blazing the dancing heat at the currently playing ‘The Lion King’ show at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas is a Filipina and is actually from La Union.

I had the privilege of meeting her in person last week at an event in Las Vegas and will write more of her achievements in this column’s future issues.

Nice to meet you, Michelle, and good luck on the show! I can’t wait to see you in action!

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