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Fordham Rams Coach Mike Magpayo: ‘Basketball is in my blood’
By Cristina DC Pastor A ‘The FilAm’ Exclusive Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood… Mike Magpayo recalled how he and his wife Caroline were listening to Billy Joel’s New York anthem and “tearing up” as they were moving out of the Big City in 2014. Except that it was […]
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Philippines looking to buy U.S. aircraft, military equipment at cost of $5.6B
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippines of F-16 Aircraft for an estimated cost of $5.58 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today, April 1. The announcement was made […]
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Egypt: Ingenious people, legendary pyramids
By Wendell Gaa Egypt has been a country I’ve been seeking to visit for practically most of my adult life, and just recently I’ve finally made that lifelong dream a reality. Together with some of my colleagues from the Philippine Embassy in Ankara, Türkiye, I’ve had the remarkable opportunity to travel down to the ancient […]
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First-ever internet voting will start for overseas Filipinos Apr 13
By Lindy Rosales The system will go live for 77 Philippine embassies and consulates worldwide including the Northeast USA, according to the Commission on Election (Comelec) during a recent briefing at the Philippine Center in New York City. Currently, there are 1.2 million registered overseas Filipino voters while in the Philippines there are 68.6 million […]
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Pride and poignancy in Penaranda anthology
By Allen Gaborro In the vein of the vernacular and the sentimental, Oscar Peñaranda brings together both the gemstones and the rougher cuts of his oeuvre in “Follower of the Seasons: A Onethology in Symphony.” The roots of this potpourri of personal reminiscences, the congruences and resourcefulness of and between individuals, and the human history […]
