Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Thank you, Jon
Dear Editor,
Please thank Jon Melegrito for the literary masterpiece about the new open, curtainless windows of his home! That is how we have it in the Philippines, and we love it! We watch the world go by, allow the sun and wind freely [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The leadership of the influential Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has once again invited themselves into the political drama of Philippine politics. With the influence and politicking of Philippine Catholic hierarchy (and some parish priests as well) I am more inclined to believe that they are as guilty as [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Almost a hundred years. Wow! Her life virtually spans the 100-year period of Filipino presence in America. And as we commemorate our centennial this year, we pause to also celebrate Mima’s almost one hundred years of life on earth. What a life!
So here’s a toast to a woman we [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The Philippine labor attach_ should look into some allegations by tsismosos and tsismosas in Virginia and Maryland that some Filipino nurses and teachers recruited from the Philippines are not or have not received all the salaries and benefits that were promised them in Manila.
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Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Quo vadis, RP?
******As we enter a new year, many Filipino Americans continue to be pessimistic about the future of the country they left behind.
******Many of them are genuinely concerned that the Philippines might continue to remain “the sick man of Asia” because its leaders continue to [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
In the early days, my mother served this recipe during important gatherings. Most Filipinos also considered this a menu of choice during such occasions. Today, Lengua Estofado, still gains a prominent place in the hierarchy of choice menus, most especially among Filipino baby-boomers. FilAms or other non-native palates may also [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
This is indeed, a busy year for us, the Filipinos and the Filipino Americans here in the United States of America. A special and significant event is happening and in case some of you have not heard of it yet, this year, 2006, commemorates the 100th year of the first immigration [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
A tennis charity project sponsored by the Filipino American Tennis Association of Maryland (FATAM) in collaboration with the Fil-Am Tennis Organization of Northern Virginia was scheduled to be held at the Fairland Tennis Bubble at the Fairland Regional Park at Old Gunpowder Road in Laurel Maryland on Saturday January 28, [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
LONDON - A global political risk consultancy firm chose a Filipinoeditor as among 50 individuals who shaped national, regional or international politics in 2005.
Newsbreak magazine’s editor-in-chief Marites Danguilan Vitugjoined heads of states — close to half of those chosen — on the Eurasia Group’s “2006 Global Leadership 50" [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA – A group of marine conservationists has invited Filipino-American Cristeta Pasia-Comerford, the executive chef at the White House, to host a sunset cruise and dinner to raise funds for the mangrove reforestation of Manila Bay.
Comerford is likely to come, according to her eldest brother, Dan Pasia, who [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA – The chief of staff of the Philippine Armed Forces Generoso Senga has confirmed the existence of a plot to overthrow the Arroyo administration being hatched by disaffected members of the military.
He said there “some indications” to show that rumors of this plot on the ground are [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA – Unable to get the United States to turn over custody of four US marines accused of raping a Filipina in Subic last year, the Philippine government blinked and said it will not longer pursue the issue.
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales said Jan. 20 the country had no choice [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
INABANGA, Philippines-Many of the residents of this tiny fishing and farming village in the central Philippines had never heard of Iraq until the body of US army Sergeant Myla Maravillosa was flown home last week. Now everyone is talking about the war and the local girl who wanted to be a [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
WASHINGTON - Saying Michael Ray Aquino was a flight risk, US District Judge William Walls denied bail for the former deputy director of the Philippine National Police held in a New Jersey federal facility since Sept. 10 on espionage charges.
The judge also gave the prosecution 60 more days [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
WASHINGTON DC - Beginning January 31, 2006, used vehicles brought by Filipinos returning to the Philippines under the No-Dollar -Importation Program (NDI) shall no longer be subject to the Peso 500,000 additional specific import duty, according to the Commercial and Investment Office of the Philippine embassy.
This duty was previously [...]