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PH parade on Madison Avenue

HALA BIRA! Iloilo City’s Tribu Panayanon, champions of the recent national Dinagyang Street Dancers competition, donned their colorful costumes and pumped up the beat on Madison Avenue in Manhattan for the Philippine parade on June 2. The parade’s overall Grand Marshal was Dr. Rebecca Castro Rivera. Photos by NOEL Y. CALINGASAN/NYClovesNYC.blogspot.com

Filipinos in New York City staged a Philippine Independence Day parade on Madison Avenue last June 2 that rivalled big homeland festivities—complete with Ati-atihan, Dinagyang and Maskara street dancers, marching bands, beauty queens on floats, movie stars and politicians.

Posted: June 15th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Global Pinoy,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Filipinos in Brunei share cake

brunei-cake cutting

Short and sweet were the speeches and long was the queue on the banquet table after a 115th Independence Day flag-raising ceremony on June 12 attended by over 300 overseas Filipino workers in this oil-rich Sultanate south of Mindanao.

Posted: June 15th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Global Pinoy,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Fil-Canadian to launch bamboo beer

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AGRESSIVE YOUNG MIGRANTS The Asean team (from left)  composed of Eric de la Cruz, Vincent Cruz Villanis, Jay Guanzon and Leck Chantara. Contributed Photo/Vincent Villanis

His drive for innovation has led to the notable achievement of being the first Filipino-Canadian licensed brewer in North America and the inventor of the all-natural Bamboo Beer, classified as a premium lager by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.

Posted: June 9th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Global Pinoy,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Seeking reconsideration of visa refusals

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There are countless stories of visa applicants going to interviews at the American Embassy, only to be denied their immigrant visas.

Posted: June 9th, 2013 in Global Pinoy | Read More »

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Search, click and connect to migrant helpline

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Desperate and frustrated, United States-based Fidel Turla Jr. searched for someone who could help him with his problem with the Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C.

Posted: June 9th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists,Featured Columns,Global Pinoy | Read More »

Going back to school abroad

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LEVELLING UP  The author recently completed his requirements for a Master of Science in International Relations. Contributed photo/The FilAm

When American whiz statistician Nate Silver, who was our commencement speaker, urged the millennials not to stop “being weird,” I felt oddly out of place, coming from Ray Romano’s league of Men of a Certain Age.

Posted: June 2nd, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Global Pinoy,Photos & Videos | Read More »

PH Embassy’s green design is tourist attraction and environment leader in Brunei

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HOME IN BRUNEI  The Philippine embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan boasts of environment-friendly features. Contributed photo/Raul Padernal

A tourist attraction in Brunei’s Diplomatic Enclave is the two-storey Philippine Embassy Chancery with live plants growing on its walls. The $2.5-million chancery stands on a 1.1744-hectare lot behind Brunei’s Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports building.

Posted: June 2nd, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Global Pinoy,Photos & Videos | Read More »

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OFW kidnapped 9 years ago still missing

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It was in 2004 when Jelyn arrived in Dubai to work as a hotel staffer. Then 22, Jelyn was full of hope. She looked forward to giving her family a better life.

Posted: June 2nd, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists,Featured Columns,Global Pinoy | Read More »

Batangas vet named best NZ farm manager

PINOY PAMBATO Dr. Neil Molina, a veterinarian from Batangas, receives the Human Resources Management Award from Andrew Sheperd of AgITO, an agriculture training and information service group, at last month’s Dairy Industry Awards in New Zealand. He also bagged the Best Farm Manager from Otago Award. FILIPINOS IN WELLINGTON

Neil Molina, a veterinarian from Batangas, was named Best Farm Manager of the Year from the Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand, during the country’s Dairy Industry Awards last month.

Posted: May 25th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Global Pinoy,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Carlos Esguerra photo exhibit in Amstelveen to help UP library

CARLOS L. Esguerra

Inspired by Japanese Zen principles, New York-based Filipino photographer Carlos L. Esguerra’s contemplative landscapes have won numerous international accolades.

Posted: May 25th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Global Pinoy,Photos & Videos | Read More »

New hope for descendants of World War II veterans

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After hundreds of amendments, the United States Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill and finally submitted it to the Senate floor. On its last day of committee deliberation on May 22, 2013, a provision allowing children of Filipino World War II veterans to immigrate immediately, irrespective of priority dates, was adopted as one of the many amendments.

Posted: May 25th, 2013 in Global Pinoy | Read More »

Overseas voting turnout very low

voting turnout infographic

Overseas absentee voting (OAV) turnout was way below the Commission on Elections’ hoped-for 60 percent in major precincts around the globe. Based on available reports, the overseas vote may be even less than the 26 percent achieved in 2010 despite the stepped up OAV campaign, with some major areas logging only five to eight percent voters turnout.

Posted: May 19th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Global Pinoy,Photos & Videos | Read More »

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