Posted Fri, 07/10/2009 - 01:48 by JeR Register or login to comment
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London - July 8, 2009, The PNOY Apparel Company Inc. and Pinoy’s Finest UK will be hosting the “Shirt The Kids Charity Showcase UK” fundraiser at Zakudia Bar & Food on Saturday July 18, 2009 at 9 pm. Located at 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA, the River Level.
PNOY Apparel is giving back to its homeland in a HUGE way. In 2003, almost 23.8 million people lived below the Philippine’s poverty threshold. Forty-four percent of the population lived on two US dollars or less a day. Majority of children in the Philippines are raised without essential needs for survival, food, clothes, and a future outside of economic deficiency. How can PNOY Apparel help?
PNOY Apparel will be hosting the Shirt The Kids Charity Showcase UK that will combine today’s leading Pilipino and Pilipina emcees and artists from Los Angeles, New York City, and London to address the economic injustice in the Philippines. The line up will include California based emcees Bambu, New York’s Deep Foundation, and London’s own London Baby, all hosted by London Baby.
Posted Tue, 10/14/2008 - 11:28 by kaywan 2 comments
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Our Pilipino family "across the pond" in the United Kingdom also experiences prejudice and stereotyping in popular entertainment like we do in the United States. (Remember Desperate Housewives and its comment about the quality of Pilipino healthcare workers?) Check out this release about a UK show that plays off the stereotypes of Pilipina women. Let us know what you think of the issue.
MANILA, Philippines -- Filipino and women's organizations in the United Kingdom are campaigning against the British Broadcasting Co. comedy "Harry and Paul Show" for degrading Filipino women and domestic workers in its September 29 episode.
In an exchange of e-mail with INQUIRER.net, Loline Lualhati Reed, who heads the Overseas Women's Club, and Michael Duque, who heads the Philippine Nurses Association in UK, are campaigning to get the BBC to issue a public apology.
"I have been sending e-mails to all the eminent people I know from the House of Lords, Parliament, the Women's National Commission, etc.," Reed said.
She said other Filipino leaders there have joined the campaign and Philippine Ambassador to UK Edgardo Espiritu and his staff are also doing their own campaigning.
Reed is also asking everyone concerned to put pressure on the British Embassy in Manila, especially Ambassador Peter Beckingham, "to ask the BBC to apologize to the Filipinos for promoting 'sexual slavery' as shown on the show."
"It is the most disgusting presentation of an insult to our women and of our domestic workers," she said.
The sketch "directly insulted the Filipino people with its tactless and insensitive behavior through its disgusting gutter humor.
We have now started an online petition to show the broadcast industry that such behaviors will not go unnoticed and unchallenged," Duque said.
Reed said the British ambassador here may be able to let BBC executives become aware of the strong feelings Filipinos in the UK hold about the "lascivious sketch in which our Filipina maid was shown in the Harry and Paul Show."
Reed, who was born a Filipino, said her organization has worked very hard for more than 20 years to improve the image of Filipinos, especially Filipino women.
"We are not just angry but we are also sad. Is the Filipina an easy target for a degrading insult such as that shown in that sketch? ...The sketch was meant to be comedy, but at our expense?" she asked.
London - July 8, 2009, The PNOY Apparel Company Inc. and Pinoy’s Finest UK will be hosting the “Shirt The Kids Charity Showcase UK” fundraiser at Zakudia Bar & Food on Saturday July 18, 2009 at 9 pm. Located at 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA, the River Level. 
Our Pilipino family "across the pond" in the United Kingdom also experiences prejudice and stereotyping in popular entertainment like we do in the United States. (Remember 
