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Archive for April, 2009
Preparations on for 111th? Independence Day
Apr 21st
The Philippine Independence Day (PID) Executive Committee is preparing for the 111th Philippine Independence Day Celebration to be held on June 12 at the Al Nasr Leisureland.
Arrangements are under way by the committee’s head Dante Delizo, with the cooperation of more than 40 Filipino Community organisations in Dubai and Northern Emirates.
The event will coincide with the 3rd Migrant Workers Day, which will be conducted in the morning after the flag-raising ceremony at the Philippine Consulate General in Al Ghusais.
According to PID spokesman Dante Agnote, who is also head of the Pinoy Expats Auto Club in Emirates (PEACE), a motorcade will More >
Six Significant Filipinas Honored in Women of Substance Event in Dubai
Apr 6th
Dubai-based Filipino community magazine Illustrado has honored six significant Filipinas from different walks of life in a dazzling ceremony attended by some 250 guests, at The Montgomerie Golf Club on Saturday, the 4th April 2009.
PHOTOCAPTION: From left to right – Juliet Solas, Sangeeta Kapoor, Isabel Sabado-Warren, Engr. Mary Jane Alvero Al Mahdi, Mariecar Jara-Puyod, Lilian Vargas, Clarita de Quiroz Craig and Lalaine Chu-Benitez.
Now on its second consecutive year, the Illustrado Women of Substance event is meant to celebrate female empowerment and to be a source of inspiration to the local Filipino community. “This is our way of saying thank you More >
Postscripts from Mindanao
Apr 6th
Cookie is neither a professional journalist nor photographer, yet possesses a deep-seated passion for both journalism and photography and has published various articles in the Philippines and abroad.
Inspired by the thought that even amateurs can produce a good image that convey a thousand words, Cookie, backed by a team of equally passionate non-professionals, boldly produced her first publishing venture.
Ms Wilma “Cookie” Villianueva proudly present her book Title “Postscripts from Mindanao”.
