LOS ANGELES – Historic Filipinotown (HiFi) celebrates two recently acquired distinctions, its designation as a Preserve America Community by First Lady Michelle Obama, Honorary Chair of the Preserve America Initiative, and the naming of Remedios “Remy” V. Geaga Square, after a pioneering community leader: Pilipino American Network & Advocacy (PANA), Search To Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA), My HiFi, Pilipino Workers’ Center and various Historic Filipinotown Leaders, elected officials, community organizations, Businesses, Residents and other stakeholders will be in attendance at the ‘Preserving Historic Filipinotown: A Community Celebration’ on Saturday, January 28, 2012, 11am to 1pm in Unidad Park, 1644 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles.
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Historic Filipinotown designated as ‘Preserve America’ community
- 28 January 2012
Strong US lobby team
- 13 January 2012
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III was urged to create and send a strong contingent of Filipinos that would persuade lawmakers in the US Congress to stop the passage of a bill that could kill the US$9-billion business processing outsourcing (BPO) in the country. Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone, chairman of the House Committee on Public Information, lamented that US House Bill No. 3596 or the Call Center and Consumers Protection Bill will discourage American companies from outsourcing services in other countries like the Philippines.
History Channel’s Paul Cabana proud of Pinoy roots
- 13 January 2012
Another Filipino abroad is bringing pride to the Philippines — Paul Cabana, History’s Channel’s Fil-Am executive producer, and the brain behind the network’s hit shows “Top Shot,” “How the States got their Shapes,” and “Secret Access: Vatican.”
Priest could be defrocked
- 13 January 2012
A FILIPINO priest who fled charges of possessing child pornography and stealing from his parish may soon be defrocked from the Roman Catholic Church. The Diocese of Worcester has asked the Vatican to defrock the Rev. Lowe B. Dongor, according to the Worcester Telegram. The 35-year-old Dongor, who was the Diocese of Worcester’s first Filipino priest, fled the US and went to the Philippines, after being charged with possessing child pornography and larceny over $250.
Fil-Canadian places third on Bravo reality finale
- 29 December 2011
FIL-CANADIAN Sara Jimenez, an artist based in New York City, placed third in Bravo’s Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, season 2, finale. Judges on the show felt Jimenez’s exhibition, a collection of multimedia pieces titled “Anonymous Contemplation”, in the finale was individually strong on its own but, they said, didn’t have a collective glue to bring it all together.
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