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Article »   Another nice thing about growing up in the little corner of Bikol that was my hometown was that I was never too far away from the beach. But, of course, almost anyone living in the Philippines can say that because the Philippines is an archipelago: one is never too far away from the beach no...
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Posted by Pinoy in America on March 5, 2012
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Article » By Lorenzo Paran III One disadvantage of coming over as an adult to live in the U.S. is that it makes adjusting to a different culture just a tad difficult. When you grow up to be a certain age, you get used to doing certain things and dealing with certain people in a certain way. Moving to live in...
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Posted by Pinoy in America on February 20, 2012
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Article » This past Saturday, Filipinos In Alliance at the University of Illinois-Chicago held their 9th annual Battle of the Bamboo show, an event I’d argue draws the largest Pilipino audience in Chicago, and maybe the entire Midwest. BOTB is an effort to redefine culture for younger Pilipino-American...
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Posted by Ryne Dionisio on February 20, 2012
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Article » One of the most exciting discoveries I’ve made since I resolved to find out more about the Pilipino-American life is the Pinoy jazz scene. It’s a vibrant pulsating world, centered in Los Angeles and San Francisco, that showcases the Pinoy’s musicality and...
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Posted by Pinoy in America on February 13, 2012
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Article » By Lorenzo Paran III   BOOK REVIEW Vanishing Filipino Americans: The Bridge Generation By Peter Jamero                               ...
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Posted by BakitWhy.com on January 4, 2012
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Article » “I am Filipino-American”. I am a Filipino individual who lives in America, who correlates my American modern surroundings with my Filipino traditions, cultures and histories” Most Pilipino Youth who are born and raised in the United States confess that their knowledge on Pilipino...
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Posted by Glaiza de Gracia on November 12, 2011
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Article » Thousands of students, representing 43 different schools, came together on October 22 to compete in the 26th Annual Friendship Games at California State University, Fullerton. The event, put on by the Pilipino American Student Association (PASA) Kaibigan, attracts Pilipino college organizations...
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Posted by Alvin Nuval on November 4, 2011
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Article » HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN – Founded in 1972, Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) provides health and human services, community economic development and arts/cultural programs to low to moderate-income youth and families in multi-ethnic Historic Filipinotown as well as the greater Los...
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Posted by BakitWhy.com on October 19, 2011
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Article » Going to Manila always involves taking in its relentless chaos and contradictions. We all know, or have heard, of its epic traffic jams, mind-boggling socioeconomic disparities, and over-the-top pop culture. In such a baffling urban landscape, how does one’s idea of a Pilipino identity figure...
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Posted by Erwin Magbanua on October 14, 2011
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Article » WeCanBeAnything is an education advocacy campaign, born of a partnership between the Apl.de.Ap Foundation (AdAF) and the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF). The campaign was conceived after apl.de.ap (a.k.a. Allan Pineda), the Pilipino-American member of the world-famous Black Eyed Peas,...
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Posted by Frederick Alain Docdocil on October 11, 2011
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