Filipinos flock to supersize malls International Herald Tribune | : The two biggest shopping malls in the world are in China. But China does have a rival in the business of destination shopping - the notion that a shopping center should not be simply a place to purchase life's necessities, but should be big and spectacular, a source of daylong entertainment. | I...
Cultural calendar The Manila Times | • May 14 to 15: Darangen ni Bantugen dance interpretation of the Maranao epic by the Philippine Ballet Theater at Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo, Cultural Center of the Philippines on May 14, 7:30 p.m. and May 15, 3 and 8 p.m. For the complete calendar of events, visit http://filheritagefest.fateback...
Filipino celebration at the Ocean County Library Asbury Park Press | The Point Pleasant Library, located at 834 Beaver Dam Road will celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month with the Filipino American Artists Society on Saturday , May 31, 2008 at 2:00 pm. | The group will perform Filipino music and dance using native ...
Comcast adds Filipino On Demand to Houston lineup The Business Review | and Filipino media company have added a Filipino On Demand service in the Houston area. | The new subscription video-on-demand service features a total of 50 hours of content a month, with new programming available each week. | The programming line...
'Welfare day' invite for Filipinos Gulf Daily News | FILIPINOs in Bahrain are invited to attend the Philippine Overseas Worker's Welfare Administration (OWWA) third anniversary. | Fiesta sa OWWA 2008 will be held at the poolside area of Delmon International Hotel, Manama, on May 23, from 1pm to 7pm. ...
Cultural calendar The Manila Times | • May 14 to 15: Darangen ni Bantugen dance interpretation of the Maranao epic by the Philippine Ballet Theater at Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo, Cultural Center of the Philippines on May 14, 7:30 p.m. and May 15, 3 and 8 p.m. For the complete calenda...
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10M children worldwide die from lack of health care The State | MANILA, Philippines -- | More than 200 million children worldwide under age 5 do not get basic health care, leading to nearly 10 million deaths annually from treatable ailments l...
Food crisis gatecrashes ADB Asia Times | By Marwaan Macan-Markar | MANILA - Three words - high food prices - emerged like a gatecrasher at an event hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the Philippines capital t...
10 million children die from lack of health care every year, charity group report says Star Tribune | MANILA, Philippines - More than 200 million children worldwide under age 5 do not get basic health care, leading to nearly 10 million deaths annually from treatable ailments like diarrhea and pneumonia, a U.S.-based charity said Wednesday. | Nearly...
Food crisis gatecrashes ADB Asia Times | By Marwaan Macan-Markar | MANILA - Three words - high food prices - emerged like a gatecrasher at an event hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the Philippines capital that was originally billed as a celebration of the bank's new vision fo...
Aloha Stadium hosts Filipino game show The Business Review | Aloha Stadium officials anticipate more than 20,000 fans Saturday evening when the No. 1 game show in the Philippines, "Wowowee," stops in Honolulu as part of its U.S. tour. | "Wowowee" is the country's equivalent of the sho...
How Japan Helped Ease the Rice Crisis Business Week | With prices now falling, the global rice crisis seems to be subsiding. That's thanks in part to a policy announcement by a Japanese bureaucrat. On May 19, Japan's Deputy Agriculture Minister, Toshiro Shirasu, said that Tokyo would release some of its massive stockpile of rice to the Philippines, selling 50,000 tons "as soon as possible" and relea...
Cinematic aid from PLDT-Smart Foundation The Manila Times | AN initiative of the PLDT-Smart Foundation—named Cinemabuhay—created to help the Philippine movie industry move forward, has announced the film "Cul de Sac" as recipient of the 2008 Cinemabuhay grant amounting to P1 million. The movie—which was selected over 37 other entries and to be written and directed by Juan Miguel Sevilla—is a detective sto...
