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State of the Nation Address – Philippines
Jul 25th
The State of the Nation Address (Filipino: Talumpati sa Kalagayan ng Bansa, abbreviated SONA) is an annual event in the Republic of the Philippines, in which the President of the Philippines reports on the status of the nation, normally to the resumption of a joint session of the Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate). This is a duty of the President as stated in Article VII, Section 23 of the 1987 Constitution:
“ The President shall address the Congress at the opening of its regular session. He may also appear before it at any other time. ”
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Women of Substance 2011 features The Dove Real Beauty Runway Show
Mar 22nd
Women of Substance 2011 features The Dove Real Beauty Runway Show
Dove continues to support female empowerment by collaborating with Illustrado Magazine’s annual Women of Substance event
22 March 2011- Dubai, U.A.E.: In conjunction with the celebrations of International Women’s Day this March, Dove, one of Unilever’s premium skincare brands, is partnering once more with Illustrado Magazine’s Women of Substance 2011 under the featured segment called “The Dove Real Beauty Runway Show”.
Following the success of its participation in this same event last year, Dove – which remains to be a strong advocate of empowerment of women in the UAE – is returning More >
Illustrado’s Women of Substance 2011 announces
Mar 8th
Illustrado’s Women of Substance 2011 announces
“The Empowered Filipina” Nikon Photo Competition
Dubai, UAE – Following last year’s success, Illustrado’s Women of Substance 2011 is bringing back the Nikon Photography Competition with a new theme – “The Empowered Filipina.” Finalists’ works will be showcased at the Nikon Photo Exhibit during the annual elegant coffee-afternoon event which honors exemplary Filipinas and promotes female empowerment.
Spearheaded by Illustrado, the Dubai-based Filipino lifestyle publication, the Nikon Photography Competition is calling for photo enthusiasts around the Gulf to submit their entries essentially portraying the different facets of the empowered Filipina. According to Lalaine Chu-Benitez, Publisher and More >
Donation for Typhoon Ondoy victims
Oct 1st
FILCOM (Filipino Community Dubai UAE) in its effort to collect all donations in cooperation of Philippine Consulate Dubai UAE, encourage other people to do the same to the victims of typhoon Ondoy.
Where To send your Donation:
DONATIONS IN KIND
For those who will donate food stuff, medicine, clothing, blankets, etc. Filcom have set up the following drop off points: on Friday Oct. 2, 2009 between 3:00 – 8:00 PM. Donations will be collected for shipping on the same day.
1. Reef Mall will start accepting donations today Sept 30, 2009 during office hours 10AM-10PM at EX-BOOK Plus ground floor near Dome Cafe. If possible food items are our More >
Lingap Kapwa
Aug 10th
Filipino Off Road Auto Club -Dubai (FORAC) is once again knocking at your kind hearts this time to help THE VICTIMS OF TYPHOON KIKO in Philippines.
We are here in Dubai, sitting in our tinted air-conditioned cars, resting in our air-conditioned rooms, thinking what we gonna eat next or thinking what we gonna buy next in the shopping malls. And in the other side of the world, FilipInos are crying, no food to eat, no house to stay, no clothes to wear. They just ran for their lives, bringing whatever they can with them. Most of the time its FIRE. But More >
Companies and Shoppers Empowered at The 2nd FILEXPO 2009 in Dubai
Jul 8th
The success of The 2nd FILEXPO 2009 in Dubai: Tiangge, Bazaar, ATBP. lies in every individual who had set foot in the Hall 3 of the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center. What with the global economic climate at the peak of its catastrophic presence, nearly 70 companies and approximately 24,000 attendees became part of the year’s largest gathering of Filipinos in the Middle East. Nearly 7,000 of which came on the first day, more than 10,000 on the second day and another 7,000 spectators or more joined the Philippine shopping fiesta last July 2 to 4, 2009. It is More >
