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Plaridel Awards now accepting nominations from FilAm media
On its 25th anniversary, the Philippine American Press Club, U.S.A. (PAPC) announced the Second Annual Plaridel Awards that acknowledge and celebrate the contribution of outstanding writers and publishers in the Fil-American community, as they chronicle the lives and times of their compatriots, promote and share their culture and history, champion their causes and provide a ...
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‘Documented’ premieres at Yerba Buena on August 5
Let’s hear it from Pulitzer Award-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas: “Excited to announce…’Documented,’ the film we’ve been working on for two years, will have its West Coast premiere in the region where I grew up, the Bay Area.” The screening will be held August 5th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, with Mark ...
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Former GMA executive Juliet De Los Reyes, 56
Juliet Arnobit De Los Reyes, former corporate executive of GMA Network, Inc., passed away on July 17, 2013 in Henderson, Nevada after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. She was 56. Known to friends and family as “Jonjie” or “JJ”, De Los Reyes is survived by her husband Byron Norgren De Los Reyes and sons ...
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Calamansi juice goes mainstream, now sold at Wal-Mart, Cost Plus stores
It takes a village to raise a child or grow an idea. Nothing can be farther from the truth for Victor Elizaga, founder and CEO of Pacific Fruit and Beverage of California. It was the Filipino community’s support for his All-Natural Calamansi juice drinks that got them on the shelves of major retailers, including Cost ...
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Consulate officials visit couple injured in Asiana plane crash
Officials of the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco visited on July 9 retired couple Ruben and Belen Vallero, passengers of the Asiana Airlines flight 214, at the Stanford Medical Center today to check on their conditions. Mr. and Mrs. Vallero told Deputy Consul General Jaime Ramon Ascalon and Assistance to Nationals Head Rey Sambitan ...