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Efren Peñaflorida - Pushcart educator named CNN Hero of the Year

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Efren Peñaflorida, who started a "pushcart classroom" in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year.

CNN's Anderson Cooper revealed Peñaflorida's selection at the conclusion of the third-annual "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Saturday night.

The gala event, taped before an audience of 3,000 at the Kodak Theatre, premieres on Thanksgiving, November 26, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the global networks of CNN.

The broadcast, which honors the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2009, features performances by Grammy Award-winning artist Carrie Underwood, R&B crooner Maxwell and British pop sensation Leona Lewis.

Peñaflorida, who will receive $100,000 to continue his work with the Dynamic Teen Company, was selected after seven weeks of online voting at CNN.com. More than 2.75 million votes were cast.

"Our planet is filled with heroes, young and old, rich and poor, man, woman of different colors, shapes and sizes. We are one great tapestry," Peñaflorida said upon accepting the honor. "Each person has a hidden hero within, you just have to look inside you and search it in your heart, and be the hero to the next one in need.

"So to each and every person inside in this theater and for those who are watching at home, the hero in you is waiting to be unleashed. Serve, serve well, serve others above yourself and be happy to serve. As I always tell to my co-volunteers ... you are the change that you dream as I am the change that I dream and collectively we are the change that this world needs to be."

The top 10 CNN Heroes, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel from an initial pool of more than 9,000 viewer nominations, were each honored with a documentary tribute and introduced by a celebrity presenter. Each of the top 10 Heroes receives $25,000.

"With the recognition they receive on our stage," said Cooper, who hosted the tribute, "they'll be able to help thousands and thousands of people. Through their efforts, lives will be changed and lives will be saved."

Maxwell sang "Help Somebody" from his first album in eight years, 'BLACKsummers'night.'

Lewis, a three-time Grammy nominee, performed "Happy," from her second album, "Echo."

All three performances echoed the spirit of the CNN Heroes campaign, which salutes everyday people whose extraordinary accomplishments are making a difference in their communities and beyond.

Presenters included Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Neil Patrick Harris, Pierce Brosnan, Dwayne Johnson, Eva Mendes, Randy Jackson, Greg Kinnear, George Lopez and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

"This record number of nominations is further evidence of the momentum CNN Heroes has built in just a few short years," said Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide.

"Viewers have been engaged by these stories of inspiration and accomplishment beyond our expectations. It is truly an honor to be able to introduce the CNN Heroes to our global audience every year."

Again this year, producer/director Joel Gallen served as executive producer of "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute." Among his credits, Gallen produced telethon events supporting victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina, winning an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award for "America: A Tribute to Heroes."

The Kodak Theatre is best known as the first permanent home of the Academy Awards.

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INC faithful break into loud wailing

A loud, pained wail marked the grief of hundreds of thousands of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) members as they watched the casket of INC leader Eraño “Ka Erdy” Manalo loaded into the funeral car Monday morning.

At around 11 a.m., mourners outside the INC Central Temple on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City broke into loud sobs, while they watched a video screen showing the interment of Manalo, the executive minister.

The wailing lasted around five minutes, causing motorists stalled in traffic to roll down their windows to check what was happening.

Rains failed to disperse the crowd that occupied the stretch of Commonwealth Avenue from UP-Ayala Technohub all the way to Tandang Sora Avenue.

A 57-year-old woman even stuck it out despite not being able to see Manalo’s remains since the start of the wake.

“I have been waiting in line since Wednesday but I wasn’t able to get in,” said Rosario Espino, an INC member based in Montalban, Rizal, since 1992.

She said some of her neighbors, however, were able to get inside the Central Temple and view the remains of Manalo.

1.5 million to 2 million

Chief Supt. Elmo San Diego, Quezon City Police District director, estimated the crowd to be between 1.5 million and 2 million Monday.

“The event was orderly, very peaceful, there were no untoward incidents,” he told reporters in a phone interview.

Supt. Constante Agpaoa, QCPD Station 6 commander, said mourners were scattered from Philcoa to Luzon, the Visayas and University Avenues.

Agpaoa said some of the mourners had been there since Sunday afternoon.

Some mourners came from Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Ilocos Norte and Cagayan, according to the pins they wore on their shirts as they walked through the crowd.

Of the thousands who endured a fickle weather, only a few were able to get inside the INC complex to personally witness the interment.

Color-coded ribbons

Only those with ribbons pinned to a photo of the dead INC leader were allowed to enter the complex, according to an announcement over a public sound system.

The announcement said the ribbons were color-coded—white for the immediate family, green for pastors and ministers, purple for workers of the Central Temple and light blue for church servers.

Members of the INC’s Security Community Action Network provided a human barricade at all the main gates of the church compound to prevent members who were not given ribbons from gaining entry.

Four video screens

The INC hierarchy set up four video screens outside the Central Temple so that mourners and members who could not get inside the temple may be able to watch the interment ceremony.

One video screen was installed in front of the Central Temple, one on Central Avenue, and two on Commonwealth Avenue.

During the interment ceremony, some INC members closed their umbrellas so that other people behind them could see the screen better.

Other onlookers decided to take shelter under two pedestrian overpasses on Commonwealth Avenue, where they could be protected from the rain and at the same time have a birds’ eye view of the mammoth crowd.

The closure of Commonwealth Avenue from Elliptical Road to Luzon Avenue caused heavy traffic buildup on the eastbound lane of the avenue that lasted more than an hour after the interment.

Supt. Rudie Valoria, Quezon City Traffic Enforcement Group head, said that at least 5,000 vehicles were parked on Commonwealth Avenue since Sunday.

Two helicopters alternately hovered over the INC central complex Monday morning.

ONLY the burial of martyred Sen. Ninoy Aquino and that of his wife, former President Cory, would equal the number of people that attended the burial and wake of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) executive minister Erano “Ka Erdy” Manalo.

Not even the attendance at the wake and burial of Jaime Cardinal Sin could compare with that of Ka Erdy whose remains were entombed in the INC main cathedral in Quezon City.

His followers so loved and respected him that they braved the rain and the heat to send him off.

All the INC members who attended Ka Erdy’s burial and wake were genuine in their grief.

By Julie M. Aurelio, Nancy C. Carvajal, Ramon Tulfo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Simple burial for Ka Erdy

The nation joined the Iglesia Ni Cristo in honoring on Monday the late INC Executive Minister Erano “Ka Erdy” G. Manalo, whose remains were laid to rest in simple yet touching ceremonies attended by the country’s top political leaders and over 50,000 of the religious sect’s followers.

Rain and tears poured at the INC Central Compound on Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City, as the body of one the country’s most revered religious leaders was deposited into a concrete white tomb, bedecked with flowers, at the center of the Tabernacle at exactly 12:15 pm on Monday.

Thousands gathered at the Tabernacle to personally witness the interment and multitudes of INC members who braved the inclement weather but were only allowed to witness the ceremonies in video walls set up outside the INC headquarters cried, many unabashedly, at the mere sight of the casket being transported to the Tabernacle.

Except for the 21-gun salute conducted by an elite squad of cadets of the Philippine Military Academy and the handing over of the INC and Philippine flags to son Eduardo Manalo and Ka Erdy’s widow Cristina, respectively, there were no other formal funeral rites conducted.

There were several changes in pall bearers – the military honor guard, INC ecclesiastical district heads and funeral personnel in full regalia – throughout the nearly one-and-half hour funeral for the 84-year-old INC head.

Prayers for the dead that are usually practiced by other religions are taboo under the INC doctrine which stresses that only God and no other intercessions and other influences will decide on the fate of a spirit.

Minutes earlier, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo paid her final respects to Manalo and condoled with the Manalo family headed by widow, Cristina, and Manalo’s eldest son and successor, Eduardo “Ka Eddie Boy” Manalo.

Accompanied by her sons. Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo (Lakas, Pampanga) and Diosdado Macapagal-Arroyo (Lakas-Kampi, Camarines Sur), Arroyo viewed the remains of the INC leader at the Sanctuario, where it was transferred hours before being laid to rest.

Vice President Noli De Castro substituted for Arroyo in handing over the Philippine flag to Manalo’s widow. The flag draped alternately with the INC red-green-white banner symbolized the country’s deference to Manalo whom both religious and political leaders credited for propagating the biblical teachings of the home-grown religion in at least 90 countries.

Aside from De Castro, also paying their last respects for Manalo were Chief Justice Reynato Puno, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, former President Joseph Estrada, former First Lady Imelda R. Marcos, Senators Manuel Villar, Francis Pangilinan, Panfilo Lacson, Jinggoy Estrada, Mar Roxas, Francis Escudero, Juan Miguel Zubiri, Loren Legarda, and Ramon Bong Revilla Jr.

Congressmen who were sighted at the funeral were Reps. Matias Defensor, Roman Romulo, Albert Garcia, Dan Fernandez, Mark Llandro Mendoza, Annie Susano, Cynthia Villar, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., Nanette Castelo-Daza, and Mitos Magsaysay.

Among Arroyo government officials spotted were Finance Secretary Gary Teves, Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, Undersecretary Verna Puyat-Romulo, former Environment Secretary Michael Defensor, Public Attorney’s Office chief Persida Acosta, and LWUA Administrator Butch Pichay.

Deputy Ombudsman Orlando Casimiro and Enrile were among the first to arrive. Casimiro was spotted at the INC compound as early as 6:45 am.

Local officials in attendance were Mayors Feliciano Belmonte Jr, of Quezon City, Alfredo Lim of Manila, Benhur Abalos of Mandaluyong City, Governors Tet Garcia of Bataan, Ningning Lazaro of Laguna, and Quezon City Councilor Winston Castelo.

INC district leaders from the 90 countries where Iglesia churches were established were present in yesterday’s funeral.

The simple rites started at exactly 11 am., when the INC flag was folded to signal the transfer of the casket to from the Sanctuario at the Main Temple to the Tabernacle which was just about 300 meters away.

From the temple, the remains were transported in a funeral limousine to the Tabernacle where at least 3,000 INC leaders and their families, mourners and sympathizers waited.

The casket arrived at the Tabernacle at 11:35 am and was put inside the temporary crypt at 12:10.

Except for the touching musical background and the wailing of some INC leaders, the ceremonies went on silently and orderly.

De Castro was given the honor of viewing the body of Manalo when the casket was opened for the last time minutes before it was to be buried.

Cristina planted a kiss at her husband’s remains as family members took a last glimpse of the well-loved religious leader.

Manalo’s ’s body will be transferred at a mausoleum which is now undergoing construction at the INC compound. The remains of his father, INC founder and Executive Minister Felix Manalo, were expected to be likewise relocated at the same mausoleum from the INC local temple in San Juan.

By BEN R. ROSARIO - www.mb.com.ph