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House leader optimistic proposed additional tax exemption for taxpayers with disabled dependents soon enacted into law
MANILA (Mabuhay) — A House leader remains optimistic that the congressional proposal to grant additional tax exemption to taxpayers with disabled dependents will still be enacted into law during the remaining days of the 15th Congress, otherwise he vowed to re-file the bill in the next Congress. Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao (4th District Isabela), a [...]
SWS: 7 Team PNoy, 2 UNA bets likely to win
MANILA, May 8 (Mabuhay) -– Seven Team PNoy and two United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) senatorial candidates are likely to win in the upcoming elections, according to a survey done by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) two weeks before the polls. The survey, conducted by SWS on May 2 and 3 and whose result was first [...]
Works of FilAm Artist Alfonso Ossorio on Exhibit in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The abstract expressionist works of noted Filipino-American artist and art patron Alfonso Ossorio (1916-1990) drew raves when they went on exhibit at a private museum here on Thursday. The Philippine Embassy, which collaborated with the Phillips Collection for its “Phillips After 5” event for the month of March, said almost 700 guests led by [...]
Theatrical Release of Don’t Stop Believin: Everyman’s Journey on Friday, March
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey—the Cinderella story of Filipino singer Arnel Pineda—will open on Friday, March 8, in movie houses in 15 major cities across the United States, the Philippine Embassy announced today. Directed by Filipino-American filmmaker Ramona Diaz, the film follows the real-life rock ‘n’ roll fairy tale of Pineda who was plucked [...]
Embassy Holds Second Youth Forum
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C., and the Filipino Inter-Collegiate Networking Dialogue of District VI held the second “Merienda with Ambassador Cuisia” Youth Forum at the Catholic University of America on 3 March 2013. The forum, which is a project of Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. and his wife, Ma. Victoria, was held at [...]
Teach for the Philippines Application Extended until December 14
New York, NY – November 21, 2012 – The search for the top 10 exemplary Filipino-American candidates for the inaugural corps of Teach for the Philippines has been extended to Friday, December 14, 2012. Teach for the Philippines (www.teachforthephilippines.org), the national movement that empowers leaders to expand educational opportunity in ways that are life-changing and transformative [...]
PH Ambassador Calls on Rizal Youth Awardees to Lead Purposeful Lives
WASHINGTON, DC. – Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. called on forty-three outstanding Filipino American students to use their talents and take part in activities that promote the interests of their communities and the Philippines. This was among the challenges posed by the Ambassador in his remarks during the 2012 Dr. Jose Rizal Youth Awards held [...]
Applications for Teach for the Philippines Initiative to Close on December 2
WASHINGTON, DC. The deadline for the submission of applications for the Top Ten pioneers who will commit to two years of teaching in under-resourced schools in the Philippines is just two weeks away. Two participants of the Filipino American Youth Leadership Program (FAYLP) – Angela Lagdameo and Michael Vea – are leading the search for [...]
3 Filipinos in Louisiana Oil Platform Fire Still in Guarded Condition
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana—Three of four Filipinos who were seriously burned in the explosion and fire that struck the offshore oil platform they were working on in the Gulf of Mexico remain in guarded condition four days after the incident left one Filipino dead and another still missing. Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. made the disclosure [...]
Fil Vets, Supporters March to Hollywood on Veterans Day
By Nimfa U. Rueda LOS ANGELES – As the United States honored its war veterans on Nov. 11, more than a thousand Filipino American protesters marched to the Hollywood district to demand full recognition for 43,000 Filipino World War II veterans. “We have lobbied Congress for 20 years and filed many cases in US courts [...]
