November 20, 2008

About Us

Now in its 20th year of publication, Munting Nayon News Magazine(MN) is published monthly and mailed to recipients, catering to the Filipino Community of The Netherlands, including some recipients in Belgium, Luxembourg, and other European countries as well as USA, Canada and the Philippines. MN is operated by couple Eddie Flores and Orquidia Valenzuela.
Eddie and Orquid
 

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Berghaus Girls
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October 15, 2008

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Ella Escobar
September 9, 2008

Dear all,

We, the members of The First Wehl Group (Winnipeg Residents), have finally accepted the responsibility to host the Holland Berghaus Annual Valentine’s Ball on February 14, 2009.

We wish to invite everyone to join us on this occasion.

The first thing we had done was to strike a working committee doing......

 
Edna Mijares
July 29, 2008

A “Gezellig” gathering was held during Norma Manangan’s second stop-over visit to Holland this year after a hectic working meeting with the Kenya Alliance Against Malaria in Nairobi, Kenya.

 

July 10, 2008

Group 12 – (Ms. Espie Oliveros-Social Worker)
Winnipeg – Canada, May 7 – 12, 2008
Photos courtesy of Curie Arts-Sawit

 
April 20, 2008

A group of Berghaus Ladies in Holland hosted a welcome party for Norma Manangan of Maryland, USA, who visited Holland last April 19, 2008 with her husband, Rodrigo and twin-daughters, Julia and Nilda.

 
2008 Berghaus Annual Valentijns Ball, held in Winnipeg last February 16, 2008. Hostesses for the 2008 party was the Amsterdam, Geinwijk (Bijlmermeer) Group. More than 400 guests attended this annual event.
 
Photos by: Henny de Zeeuw
Winnipeg-Canada, December 29, 2007

Joe Monaco and Nene Dandan Nuptial

 
by Eddie Flores/Orquid Valenzuela

In the early 60s, The Netherlands was recovering and rebuilding itself from the destructions of World War II. In many sectors of society there was a shortage of manpower. The country did not have enough medical personnel, construction workers, professionals in various fields.

 
Winnipeg - August 11, 2007

They were once residents of The Netherlands in 1973 - 1976, employed by Berghaus BV for three years as contract workers in its coat factory in Amsterdam and Wehl in the Achter Hoek.