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Posted by: 2 months ago
The “Smiles for the World: a Filipino Photo Essay Contest for Calidad Humana” is accepting submissions, announced Deputy Consul General Theresa Dizon-de Vega.The contest is open to all Filipino citizens regardless of age, place of residence and occupation. The February deadline has been extended to April 30, 2013.The contest is intended to showcase through the medium of...
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Posted by: 3 months ago
By Randy GenerA landmark opera based on the great novel by the Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, will be staged in full orchestral splendor for the first time in the East Coast.At a January 31 town hall hosted by the Philippine Center, a committee led by philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis and Consul General Mario L. de Leon Jr., announced that “Noli Me Tangere: The Opera”...
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Posted by: 3 months ago
The Kundiman Poetry Prize, dedicated to publishing exceptional work by Asian American poets, is accepting submissions.The KPP is being organized in partnership with Alice James Books, a cooperative poetry press with a mission to seek out and publish the best contemporary poetry by both established and beginning poets, with particular emphasis on...
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Posted by: 7 months ago
A short film about respect, two Filipino brothers and a pair of sneakers will be shown October 20 at the Bayanihan Filipino Community Center in Woodside, Queens.Written and directed by emerging filmmaker Dean Banting, the film was his senior thesis at The City College of New York in June 2011.“Kuya Ko” — “My Big Brother” in English — is the story of a bullied...
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Posted by: 8 months ago
By Cristina DC PastorYou can count in one hand the Filipinos who work at New York’s City Hall. Maria Rosana Cruz, 25, who is a project coordinator and a special assistant to the Commissioner on the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, is one of them.Maria came to MOIA more than two years ago through a teacher who made an... 
