Ateneo alumni meet in Chicago
April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
CHICAGO =This city will be the site for the 8th All Ateneo Convention on July 3, 4, 5 and 6, 2008 (Thursday to Sunday) at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. It will be hosted by Ateneans - the alumni association of all the Ateneo graduates and graduates of other Jesuit schools, Read more
UN meets on food crisis
April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday held talks with key development agencies on how to tackle the crisis provoked by soaring food and fuel prices. “This is an exciting time for the United Nations, but it is also a time when we are challenged to… Read more
Philippines bans organ transplants to foreigners
April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Philippine authorities Tuesday banned most organ transplants to foreigners and vowed tough punishments for lawbreakers to stem a thriving trade in poor Filipinos selling their own kidneys. Health Secretary Francisco Duque said a moratorium on such tra… Read more
Vatican opposes CFC’s shift to social work
April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Calimlims ask court to reverse conviction
April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
CHICAGO, Illinois - Dr. Elnora M. Calimlim and her husband, Dr. Jefferson N. Calimlim, had asked the court of appeals in Chicago, Read more
A Quadriplegic Filam Hero
April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
For the past five years Jay was transferred from one army hospital to another to help him recover from his severe wounds and rehabilitation. He has since returned home and now lives with his parents, US Army sergeant (ret) Joseph Briseno, Sr. and Eva Marie Briseno who are both originally from Cavite in the Philippines. Read more
Vol. XVII No. 12
April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Malaysia to pull out peacekeepers from Mindanao
April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Malaysia will withdraw its peace-keepers from Mindanao in September, the government said April 22, dealing a blow to multinational efforts to secure peace in the troubled region.* Read more
Ex-convict Erap addresses graduates
April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Pardoned former President Joseph Estrada recently addressed the some 600 graduates of the Partido State University in Goa, Camarines Sur which he helped establish seven years ago and said Read more
FASA presents ‘Bagobo’ dance
April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
FASA, the Filipino American Student Association, held its 20th annual culture night April 5 at the Burruss Hall auditorium of the University of Virginia in Blacksburg, Read more
Filam to run for CA assembly
April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO – Filipino American Arlie Ricasa recently announced her candidacy for the California State Assembly, 78th District. A lifelong resident, she said that she share the residents Read more
Rotary student exchange in Fla.
April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
FLORIDA - Central Florida is sending a group of traveling ambassadors to the Philippines and welcoming a similar group in exchange. For the past 30 years Rotary International a humanitarian-service organization, Read more
Japan might also pull out from peace monitoring mission in southern Philippines
April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
After Malaysia decided to end its four-year peace monitoring mission in Mindanao, southern Philippines, Japan is reportedly contemplating of pulling out of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) there, a senior Philippine diplomat said on Sunday. The dipl…
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Manila invites other neighbors in as Malaysian peacekeepers likely to leave
April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Philippines said it welcomed Southeast Asian countries to send their peace monitors to the archipelago’s insurgency-rife Mindanao region as Kuala Lumpur on Thursday announced the phase-out of its peacekeeping mission ahead of schedule. Malaysian peacek… Read more
Solon to back equity bill
April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON – Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), the new chairman of the committee on foreign affairs Read more
