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In today’s advertising landscape, the internet is one of the easiest and fastest ways with which commercials reach the no-longer-TV-watching generation. No doubt many of us have seen the Coke OFW homecoming commercial and the ABS-CBN Chirstmas station ID.
As the holidays roll [...]
Continue Reading →It’s been 36 years since diplomatic ties were established between the Philippines and China, and to celebrate, the lovely folks at the Pinoy Embassy here in Beijing teamed up with Chefs Gene and Gino Gonzalez of the Asian Centre for Culinary Studies to bring regional cuisine to the capital.
Continue Reading →This wasn’t the first time I saw this complaint on my twitter stream. Apparently, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration makes it very difficult for Filipinos to leave the country. @saritaonline described OFWs looking like puppies begging for signatures. Here’s a sample:
Perhaps a better system needs [...]
Continue Reading →What’s it like to go to school in America, to work at the Washington Post, and still be an undocumented immigrant?
Jose Antonio Vargas came to the United States when he was 12 years old. That was in 1993. His Grandfather paid for his trip, essentially having [...]
Continue Reading →Miami Heat fans might want to read this feature by ESPN on Erik Spoelstra. Here’s an excerpt:
At the podium, Spoelstra comes across as a hero in an Aaron Sorkin play. There isn’t a trace of defensiveness in his remarks. He’s strong in his conviction that [...]
Continue Reading →Seven Filipinos have been suspected of stealing a diamond emerald necklace with an estimated worth of US$1 million in Istanbul, Turkey, reports ABS-CBN News. Citing the news site Today’s Zaman, ABS-CBN reports that the suspects allegedly stole the necklace from the Zela Jeweler booth at the 32nd [...]
Continue Reading →The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco is pleased to announce that Filipino community leader Mr. George G. Gange is the latest recipient of the Jeffersons Awards on a local level.
Mr. Gange has been serving the Filipino community in the Bay area for almost a [...]
Continue Reading →The Philippine Embassy in South Korea reported that Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) graduate student Nassier Nash Anggahan won the Gold Prize for Digital Media Arts at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Korea Multimedia Competition and Exhibition.
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Earlier this year, a video on Youtube of Prof Winnie Monsod delivering her traditional and much awaited last lecture for the semester went viral. In it, she appealed to her students at the University of the Philippines, my alma mater, to remain in the [...]
Filipina filmmaker Monster Jimenez’s documentary debut “Kano: An American and his Harem” premiered to the world last Saturday in Amsterdam, and is one of the 16 finalists in the First Appearance Category of the International Documentary Film Fest Amsterdam(IDFA), the largest non-fiction film festival in [...]
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- The Thai experience
The Thai experience (or why P-Noy …
The Philippines it seems is engulfed in all things Hollywood at the moment. With the filming of the Bourne Legacy taking place in Manila filling the nightly news with human…
- Learned Optimism
Learned Optimism
Reality checks are always needed by over-confident governments.
Martin Seligman the founder of positive psychology uncovered a pattern of behavior that he believes is responsible for greater resilience and happiness among…
- P-Noy strokes the Nation's 'Pleasure Zones'
P-Noy strokes nation’s ‘pleasure zones’
Here we go again. As the Philippines enters 2012, the stage is set for another round of reality TV/courtroom drama to unfold as the trials of former president and now…
