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SAN FRANCISCO--Now you can find better quality Filipino-American products and business services anywhere from the comforts of your home. Through the partnership between INQ7.net, the Philippines' largest web portal company, and the Bay Area-based Fil-Am ABC Directory yellow pages company, Filipinos all over the world can simply log on to www.inq7.net.com/marketplace and start looking for the Filipino products and services they need.
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SAN MATEO, California--It was standing room only and the buzz in the air palpable as the first Filipino Business Alliance (FBA) annual conference, "Empowering the Filipino Entrepreneur," was held recently at the Marriott Hotel in San Mateo.
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DENVER--Ms Josefina Francisco, winner of the Western Union "Unlock the Vault" sweepstakes, took home a total of 15,000 dollars after collecting as much cash as she could in the vault run held by Western Union.
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LOS ANGELES, California--Registered Nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles voted overwhelmingly for a new contract with landmark improvements, the California Nurses Association (CNA) reported recently.
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DENVER--Western Union Financial Services Inc. and the Filipino Workers' Center (FWC) have joined forces to launch "Computer Skills Training Project," a new job search assistance program to aid Filipino migrant workers in the New York area. The focus of the project is to provide training on using computers for word processing and Internet browsing.
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SAN JOSE, California--The Northside Community Center celebrated its grand re-opening with a series of activities from November 6 to 11. The 29-year old center is located six blocks from San Jose's city center and a couple of blocks from the city's Japantown.
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THE PHILIPPINE Children's Fund, in collaboration with Ria Productions, is proud to announce that international performer Maya Barredo will be making a guest appearance as the character Maria Clara in a special evening performance of "Noli, The Musical -- In Concert."
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IT makes its journey stealthily through the night, every third Thursday of November. Millions of bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau, "new wine from the Beaujolais," are shipped all over the world, making this delicious, affordable wine available for everyone to celebrate one of the most expansive and animated rituals the French have to offer.
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THE INTERNATIONAL Organization for Migration (IOM), a non-profit inter-governmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, has now further expanded its operations in Manila with the introduction of more migration services for Filipinos.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.--A youth leader from Quezon City, Philippines, Pocholo D. Gonzales, joined 16 other young community leaders from around the world in receiving the 2003 YouthActionNet Award. The award was presented in Washington, D.C. as part of a seven-day seminar for the recipients held from October 7 to 14.
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THE CANADIAN Embassy is sending the winner of the McLuhan Prize for Investigative Journalism to Canada for two weeks. Luz Rimban, a respected and multi-awarded Filipina investigative journalist, will be given the opportunity to exchange ideas with media counterparts and to explore transparency and good governance with prominent members of Canadian government and society.
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THE soon-to-be-published Galing Pook Magazine will also be online soon. The Galing Pook Foundation, which runs the annual search for the most outstanding and innovative local governance programs nationwide, recently entered into a partnership with INQ7 Interactive, Inc. and Writers Edge, Inc. to publish online excerpts of the first-ever compendium of over 100 winning LGU programs in the past 10 years.
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THE HARIBON Foundation-Threatened Species Program is now accepting applications for conservation research grants to fill in gaps in knowledge of threatened species and their conservation while furthering the professional development of Filipino conservationists.
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PREPARATIONS are in full swing for the holding of the largest gathering of overseas Filipinos in Manila, where thousands of overseas Filipinos are expected to participate in a forum aimed at cementing strong networking and cooperation among Filipino communities all over the world.
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DENVER--Western Union Financial Services Inc. and Filipino Community Support (Focus) have joined forces to launch Project CLUE!, a new job skill/computer training program to aid Filipino workers in the San Jose area.
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A PUBLIC relations and marketing event for Philippine food exports and tourist destinations was hosted by the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Silicon Valley and the Philippine Department of Tourism in San Francisco on August 11 at the Tito Rey of the Islands Restaurant in Daly City.
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ON SEPTEMBER 26, Collaborative Opportunities for Raising Empowerment Inc. (CORE), an organization of progressive, young Filipino-American professionals, will host Filipino Americans in Music Entertainment (FAME) at Lighthouse International, 111 East 59th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues), in New York City.
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"AN EVENING of Classical Music" featuring Wilfredo Cariaso Pasamba, cello, will be held on October 4 at the St. Patrick's Church on Mission and 4th Streets in San Francisco. Pieces by J.S. Bach, F. Chopin, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Abelardo, Cenizal and Cassado.
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GLOBAL Filipinos, a coalition of overseas Filipinos and leaders, is urging Filipino immigrants or permanent residents of other countries to register to vote in the 2004 elections and sign the affidavit to return to the Philippines. The group said in a press statement that an immigrant or permanent resident could demonstrate compliance with the requirement to return to the Philippines in many ways.
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THE LARGEST tonnage in the history of the "Books for the Barrios" project has been achieved. Since January 2003, 290 tons of books and educational supplies have been donated, packed and shipped in 19 twenty-foot containers by 5,000 Bay Area children on school field trips. As a result, the volunteer organization can now boast of a total of six million books sent to deprived public schools in the Philippines.
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SA PINILAKANG Tabing (On the Silver Screen), now on its seventh year, is the only East Coast film and video festival showcasing innovative and experimental works by artists of Filipino descent or works featuring issues concerning the Philippines or the Filipino diaspora.
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A FORMER resident of Cebu City, now teaching International Business in Illinois, will be included in a biographical directory published by Marquis Who's Who, the leading chronicler of the highest achievers from across the US and around the world.
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SAN FRANCISCO, California--Picture this: Judy Ann Santos is riding on a vintage car float with seven handsome escorts while Paolo Montalban sings to 16 beautiful Miss Asia American candidates; a US Army brass band leads the contingents with parade grand marshals San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and Supervisor Gavin Newsom followed by community groups led by hermano mayor E. Dennis Normandy and his wife, Lynda Teehankee-Normandy. Other floats depict Philippine culture while groups from Salinas to Sacramento join the parade in a show of goodwill and unity.
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