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Nerissa Fernandez wishes friends courage and faith in the new year
By Cristina DC Pastor One down, how many more to go, Nerissa? We’re talking ‘bucket list’ here, and Nerissa Fernandez, Global Corporate Affairs director of broadcast network ABS-CBN International, in Redwood City just checked one off her list: On December 1st, she went skydiving on Monterey Bay, south of San Francisco. She is very much ...
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New Yorkers get a glimpse into the life of one Bay Area family
Explore the Flores home and meet a Filipino American family in the Bay Area living in a small, cluttered and comfy house and dealing with the world of a “fairy dust” addict. Written in prose, poetry and spoken word, “Nanay, Tatay, Anak” recreates an episode in the young life of producer-director Renee Rises. The story ...
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Wells Fargo waives remittance fees till Dec. 14
Wells Fargo & Company is extending until December 14 a temporary remittance transfer fee waiver for customers who want to send money to the Philippines to support friends and family. Earlier this month, the company announced that, in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, it would temporarily waive all remittance transfer fees for ExpressSend transfers from ...
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Stockton minister re-elected as Vatican representative to Catholic countries
Healing minister Robert Canton of Stockton was unanimously re-elected to his third term as member of the Vatican-based International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services (ICCRS) to the North and Central America as well as the Caribbean countries. The election was during the council’s most recent meeting in Bethlehem, Holy Land on November 18 to 23. Canton ...