by The Jersey Journal
Read more of the article on NJ.com.Jersey City’s Filipino community took full advantage of a sunny Sunday to hold and enjoy the 19th annual Philippine-American Friendship Day Parade and Festival. The event is held to honor the 61-year friendship between the United States and the Philippines.
This year’s event started with an 8 a.m. Mass at St. Bridget’s at Montgomery and Brunswick streets and was followed by the parade with a line of march from Plaza Rizal to Exchange Place. In the past the parade started at McGinley Square.
by Clay Today staff
MIDDLEBURG – A center to showcase the Philippine culture nearly 20 years in the making now has the American and Filipino flags flying over it.
In a ceremony Saturday, June 20, members of the Knights of Rizal Greater Jacksonville Chapter held a flag-raising ceremony at the cultural center on Brannan Field Road.
“We’re very excited about this,” said chapter commander Randy Fletcher.
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New and traditional media publishers gathered for the launch of the Ilumina LCD TV on June 12, Independence Day. The Ilumina, created by Inovent Inc., is purported as the world’s first interactive television.
This video, captured by Noemi Dado of aboutmyrecovery.com, showcases the product and the brains behind the Filipino brand, including Mark Ruiz and Brian Quebengco.
A recent article from the Associated Press talks about a puppy accidentally flushed down the toilet by its four-year old master. Neither the local fire brigade nor the RSCPA could not rescue the week-old cocker spaniel.
The boy’s mother frantically called a company specializing in sewage and pipe services but was worried about the cost. Upon learning of the situation, Dyno-Rod decided to provide the service for free. Eventually the pup was rescued…and was christened “Dyno” after its rescuers.
The following is the initial draft of a talk I had delivered in front of college studends last November 26, 2008 at the La Salle University Araneta. I was invited in lieu of Hands On Manila to talk about the importance of volunteerism. The talk was part of a college-wide initiative to mold student leaders to act as role models to the university populace in terms of community activism.
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I would like to thank De La Salle Araneta and the Office of Student Affairs for this opportunity to share to you my experience. Let me start by talking about how I started volunteering and what has changed since then.
After a number job interviews, I finally settled with Greater Good Radio for my first-ever full-time job as a writer. Greater Good Radio is a Hawaii-based media organization that promotes social entrepreneurship, volunteerism and servant leadership. They interview community and business leaders, and tell their stories in hopes of inspiring and motivating others to do the same.
I started working for Greater Good Radio back in January 2006.
During that time, being outsourced did not appeal greatly to me. I asked myself, “Why would I work with a company that is thousands of miles away?” I thought I would give myself six months with the company.
But those six months became two years. I had eventually come to believe in the mission of Greater Good Radio. The company instilled in me that sense of being one for others.
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