Pulidong tinututukan ng mga nakatalagang opisyales ng Pasuguan ng Pilipinas sa Kaharian ng Saudi Arabia ang kasalukuyang ginagagawang ‘Overseas Absentee Voting’ registration sa pamumuno ni Third Secretary at Vice Consul Redentor Diaz Genotiva,  kasama si Attaché Maribeth Ferrer at ilan pang kawani ng Embahada. 
 

(VC Genotiva at Attaché M. Ferrer (gitna) sa ginagawang OAV Registration) 
 
Ayon sa nakaraang panayam kay Vice Consul Genotiva, sinabi niya, “Ang Philippine Embassy ay...

 
Kaugnay sa ginagawang paglulunsad ng pangalawang aklat ng OFW at manunulat na si J. Nava Cruz na may pamagat na ‘The Desert Roses’ (Mga Rosas ng Disyerto), bibigyang pagpapahalaga ng may akda ang ilan sa mga piling larawan na naibahagi sa kanya ni Ms. Hera Margate Gonzaga, isang Pinay nurse, artist at community leader sa Kaharian ng Saudi Arabia.   

(The Love of A Desert Rose)
(“Whenever you are in need of me,...

Maraming expatriates sa Saudi Arabia ang nababahala.  Kabilang na ang maraming Pinoy. Dahil tunay na narito na ang ‘Nitaqat’. Yung matagal ng programa ng ‘Saudization’ o ‘nationalization drive’ na naglalayong bigyan nang mas magandang ‘employment  opportunities’ ang mga mamamayan ng Saudi Arabia sa halos lahat nang kagawaran at sangay (sector)...

For decades, especially during the early part of the 90’s and more apparent in the 21st Century, photographers had intertwined the dots between facts, perceptions and opinions about the ‘art of photography’ that continuously documenting all spheres of the social strata — life portraits of people, explored and unexplored landscapes,...

OFWs at H. Care in Riyadh, Doing Things ‘Very Pinoy’    
By:  J. Nava Cruz Sat 1st October 2011  Sporting everything from a vast collection of winter clothes to ‘Made in the Philippines’ dress and accessories to fitness and recreation techniques and armed with formidable array of... More

‘Mga Rosas ng Disyerto’, Finally Published!
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Sun 25th September 2011 
After almost eighteen months of waiting, ‘The Desert Roses’ (Mga Rosas ng Disyerto) is finally published, registered and attested by the National Commission for Culture & The Arts... More

Joyce T. Varona, Hunting for Stardom at 14!
By:  J. Nava Cruz Wed 21st September 2011It was on 24th of June 1997, the beginning of the digital revolution and the “e-mail age” when Joyce Trinidad Varona was born — a new breed of Filipina raised... More

4th Ambassador’s Cup Kalayaan 2011-Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, Magsisimula Na! 
By:  J. Nava Cruz  Sat 20th August 2011Alinsunod sa taunang tradisyon ng Ambassador’s Cup na sinimulang ilunsad noong 2007 sa pakikipagtulungan ng Pasuguan ng Pilipinas sa Kaharian ng Saudi Arabia, muling magpupugay ang nasabing... More

Filipino… Para sa Pinoy, Para sa Inang Pilipinas
(In commemoration of ‘Buwan ng Wika’)   
By:  J. Nava Cruz  Wed 10th August 2011Wika ng Pagkakakilanlan. Wikang yumayakap sa lahat nitong nasasakupan.  Wikang may Puso.  Nagsisilbing ilaw.  Nagbibigay ng ibayong lakas.   Lakas patungo sa ‘Mundo ng Pambansang Pagkakaisa at Pagmamahalan’.  Ito ang wika... More