By Ala Paredes – I was going to pass up writing an article for this Sunday. I am still exhausted, physically and mentally, from the APO concert at the Big Dome last Sunday and the opening of my photo exhibit in Megamall last Tuesday.
Displaying all posts for September, 2008
Six million Filipino children left behind by OFW parents
by ARIES RUFO – The government should rethink its policy of promoting labor migration as a way of generating employment opportunity, as it strikes adversely into the very foundation of society, which is the family.
More Filipinos die as doctors go abroad
PROFESSIONALS leaving the Philippines to work overseas sent back US$13 billion ($18 billion), more than 10 per cent of its gross domestic product, in 2006. The downside of this brain drain?
US House passes bill to reward Filipino WWII vets
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation on Tuesday to reward belatedly more than 18,000 Filipinos for their service with U.S. forces in the Philippines during World War II.
Sad ‘Journey’ for New Singer
Rolling Stone – Two minutes before Journey kicked off their world tour in February, with new singer Arnel Pineda, the whole thing nearly fell apart. “I told them I wanted to back out,” says the 41-year-old Filipino vocalist, whom the band discovered on YouTube. “[Journey guitarist] Neal Schon told me, Read more »
The Anatomy of a Balikbayan Box
by Cynthia de Castro – The “ber” months have started and with September comes that special holiday feeling. In the Philippines, which is known to have the longest celebration of Christmas, malls and department stores have already started playing Christmas songs and selling holiday decors and gifts.
