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FIL AM AUTHORS NIGHT AND BOOKSIGNING AT LA TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
By Linda Nietes
 Philippine Expressions Book Shops
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA-USA
April 10, 2012
 
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA ....   To celebrate the printed and spoken words and to launch ten new works by Filipino American authors, Philippine Expressions Bookshop will host its annual event called Filipino American Authors Night in order to present new authors and new works to the community.
 
Traditionally, Authors Night is held on the eve of the LA Times Festival of Books when authors gather in Los Angeles for the Festival.
 
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Press Release PINAY GATHERING
A Celebration of Women's History Month Honoring Filipino American Women Authors 
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Toluca Lake, CA-USA
February 29, 2012
 
A chance to break bread  together, talk and bond with other Pinay Sisters in the community Saturday, March 31, 2012       12:00 Noon Pizza Per Tutti Pizzeria & Tratoria 4143 Lankershim Boulevard corner Acqua Vista Toluca Lake, CA 91602      Tel 818-760-8200
Join us and celebrate the publication of two new books by our featured authors who will speak and sign their books....
 
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Launching and Book Talk  of:
“Vanishing Filipino Americans: The Bridge Generation” By Peter Jamero
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Thu 3rd November 2011
 
Launching and Book Talk:
Date: Saturday, November 19, 2011 2:30pm - 4:30pm  
Venue: Carson Public Library
151 E. Carson Street Carson, CA 90745 (310) 830-0901 

Documentation of Filipino American history is largely limited to the Manong Generation that immigrated to the US in the  early 1900s. Their second-generation children -- the Bridge Generation -- are now in their sixties, seventies, and eighties; however,  the literature is silent regarding their life in...
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Loboc Children’s Choir Concert
Church of Our Saviour, The Hague - The Netherlands
Presented by The Philippine Embassy - The Hague
Video recorded by Munting Nayon News Magazine...

Sat 22nd October 2011
 
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Christmas Holiday in Coron, Palawan – December 2012
It was Yuletide season, a good time for another family reunion in the Philippines.  We celebrated Christmas Eve at my brother Danny and his wife Cindy’s house.  Cindy’s sisters Annie and Bettina hosted Christmas lunch.  Our holiday meals were both...

By Wilfredo Valenzuela
Mon 11th March 2013
 
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Midland Mall Mania  
South Cotabato and Sarangani are often named as great places for any shopping extravaganza; these adjacent provinces on the island of Mindanao are truly a shopaholic's paradise with vast and sprawling one-stop shopping centres with department stores, a wide range...

Text and Images by Ronald de Jong  
Fri 3rd May 2013
 
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Escape to Zanzibar
Many have heard about a place called Zanzibar.  Unbeknownst to many, it is an archipelago enclave in Tanzania known not only for its beauty but also for its rich history.  During this trip to Tanzania, I saw to it that...

By Don Eliseo Lucero Prisno III
Wed 5th December 2012
 
FILIPINO ADVISERS IN AUSTRALIA SEEK JUSTICE FOR FILIPINO-AUSTRALIAN MURDERED IN THE PHILIPPINES
By Bobby Lastica
NSW-Australia
Wed 22nd May 2013
 
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Members of Australia’s Filipino Ministerial Consultative Committee (FMCC) urge Australian government’s assistance in seeking justice for murdered Adelaide-based Australian national Ceferino Lapuz Jr., who was gunned down on May 5 in the Philippines.

Norma Hennessy, Adelaide-based member of the FMCC and a colleague of the deceased, informed the FMCC that Mr. Lapuz was alleged to be still alive...
 
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SARUNG BANGGI: FROM MUSIC TO FILM
By Pablo A. Tariman
Manila
Wed 22nd May 2013
 
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            Bicol composer Potenciano Gregorio-- who penned the famous Bicol love song, “Sarung Banggi”--  turned  133 years old last May 18 with an Albay  festival carrying the name of his composition.

 But his famous love song has two birth dates: one placed at 1897 when Gregorio was just 17. But in a research made by Bicol historian, Dr. Merito Espinas who...
 
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APSL patron to reaffirm Pinoy effect in Oz
By Evelyn A. Opilas,
NSW-Australia
May 20, 2013
 
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Australia Philippines Services League (APSL) patron Federal
Member for Chifley Ed Husic, MP is set to reiterate the valuable contributions of Filipinos in Australia when he delivers his inspirational talk at this year’s Philippine Independence Day flag raising rites 8...
 
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Filipino Canadian  Teachers Conduct Entrepreneurship and Exemplary Teaching Practices Seminar for Educators
By : Tony A. San Juan, OCT.
Toronto, Canada-
May 18, 2013
 
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The Philippine Teachers Association of Canada ( PTAC), holds its 7th Professional  Development Seminar on May 12, 2013 at St. Clair Forest Hills Loblaws, Toronto. The 7-year old social-professional organization of Ontario- licenced & practicing teachers and former Philippine educators , fittingly...
 
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