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Filipino convicted in China executed
Dec 8th
MANILA, Philippines - A convicted Filipino drug trafficker was executed in China at around 12:30 p.m. today (Thursday), Vice President Jejomar Binay said.
Speaking to reporters from Bali via Skype, Binay said he has received information that the Filipino was executed by lethal injection in Liuzhou, Guangxi province.
“Ang ating kababayan ay na-execute alas-12:30 po ng tanghali,” said Binay, who is in Bali, Indonesia to attend an international forum.
The Filipino’s family members were accompanied by a Filipino priest Fr. Emil to the Guilin jail on Thursday morning. At around 8:30 a.m., the Filipino met with consulate officials for 10 More >
Award-winning Filipino films to hit big screens in UAE
Sep 28th
Dubai: Four award-winning Filipino films will be screened at cinemas in Dubai and Abu Dhabi on November 25 to 26 as part of the first Philippine Film Festival in the UAE.
The film festival is organised by Kitsch Company in partnership with the Movie Workers Welfare Fund (Mowelfund), a Philippine-based organisation of actors and film industry workers founded by former Philippine president Joseph Estrada.
The event will also feature workshops with Mowelfund executive director Boots Anson-Roa and actor and director Soxie Topacio as resource speakers.
Kitsch Company aims to highlight Filipino tradition and culture through films.
“We chose the right movies to cover all More >
Filipinos in UAE get good news on Dubai Eye radio show
Jun 13th
Jun 12, 2011
DUBAI // Most news is bad news. But now a radio talk show is trying to redress the balance by sharing a few success stories with its Filipino listeners.
A Filipino couple who moved to Dubai in May 2001 are behind Filipino Excellence in the Middle East, which goes out every other Tuesday night on the Dubai Eye station.
image from thenational.ae
Art Los Banos and his wife Rachel – “Art and Elle” to their loyal listeners – have broadcast 14 episodes since October. Both have jobs during the week and are doing the show voluntarily.
“My partnership with my More >
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 >
BORRISON IVY: UNITED WE ROCK
Mar 9th
What do you get when you put a Filipino, an Indian, an Australian and a Scotsman together in a music studio or on stage with some musical instruments?
The answer is Borrison Ivy, one of Dubai ’s newest originals rock bands formed in 2008 but one that is quickly gaining a good foothold in the UAE’s music scene.
The band composed of Quay Evano on bass, Nikhil Uzgare on vocals, Richard Barber on guitar and Marc McWilliam on drums, are working on releasing an album of all original songs early this year (their target is March). With so many original compositions in More >
OFWs have new outlet in ‘Pinoy Talk’ in Dubai
Mar 7th
A radio talk show hosted by Filipinos and for Pinoys is a new avenue for OFWs to air their concerns regarding their work in Dubai.
“Mula ng nagkaroon kami ng programa sa Dubai Eye Radio marami na ang tumatawag sa Filipino Press Club na humihingi ng abiso kung ano yung gagawin nila,” Mariecar Jara-Puyod, president of the Filipino Press Club in Dubai.
Puyod said most of their listeners and those who want to be heard are OFWs engaged in various tasks.
“Ito usually yung mga katulong, mga mangagawa na nagkakaroon ng problema sa kanilang mga trabaho pati ngayong panahon ng krisis takbo sila More >
YOU CHANGED MY LIFE’ IN THEATERS THIS MARCH
Feb 26th
PRESS RELEASE:
YOU CHANGED MY LIFE’ IN THEATERS THIS MARCH :
The phenomenal collaboration of Sarah Geronimo and John Lloyd Cruz will make waves in the Middle East for the second time with their post-Valentine offering, YOU CHANGED MY LIFE. The highest-grossing Filipino movie team-up in 2008 is back with the much awaited follow-up to their hit movie, A Very Special Love. The coo-some twosome, both named recently as SM Cinema Box Office King and Queen in 2008, reprise the loveable characters of Miggy Montenegro and Laida Magtalas —two individuals from different worlds turned star-crossed lovers.
It’s been 6 months since Laida won More >
