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On the Pinoy Elections: The Pinoy Political ‘Fiesta’

It’s Pinoy election season once again. Everyone’s getting hyped up for what is about to come and who’s going to eventually win. It is that time in our democracy where everyone’s turning the ‘election switch’ …

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Why Still No Justice for the Victims of the Maguindanao Massacre?

(The following is a joint editorial by the member organizations of the Philippine American Press Club) Six years have passed since a hundred armed men on November 23, 2009 kidnapped and massacred 58 …

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Film Review: Heneral Luna

Let’s begin with some background: During the Philippine-American war, “Heneral Luna,” a military leader with a fiery temperament, contends with an enemy more treacherous than the “Amerikano”: his own duplicitous countrymen. General Antonio …

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California commemorates Fil-Am Labor Leader Larry Itliong

Joining his friend Cesar Chavez in the pantheon of celebrated leaders in the United States is Pangasinan-born American labor leader Larry Itliong. Just recently, the first Larry Itliong Day in the entirety of …

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Heneral Luna

Award-winning director, writer, editor, and musical composer Jerrold Tarog directs “Heneral Luna”. It is a biopic film about Dr. Antonio Luna – a rather underrated national hero in Philippine history who deserves a higher …

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Two Nights of Beauty

“Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder,” it’s a cliché that has been heard over and over every time beauty is the topic. Recently, the Global Filipino Network has been invited to …

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Tondo: The Humanitarian Crisis At The Heart Of Manila And The People Doing Something About It

“Paging the United Nations. There is a refugee crisis in Manila and the Philippines is totally in denial.” These are the first lines of a recent Facebook post by artist and cultural activist …

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Fil-Am Designer Showcases Challenged Athlete Models at the “Race for a Reason” Fashion Show Fundraiser Event

OAKLAND, CA- San Francisco Bay Area Fashion design company, GB Shrive Designs, hosted a fundraising fashion show and sports expo at the Oakland Zoo Snow Building. GB Shrive Designs is founded, created and owned …

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SAN FRANCISCO GRANTS $100,000 TO LAUNCH FIRST COLLEGE PREP FOR FILIPINO IMMIGRANT YOUTH

San Francisco— In what is seen as a groundbreaking initiative by a city government, the City of San Francisco last week approved the release of $100,000 to a Filipino-led nonprofit to launch a …

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Global Filipino Network Presents “Setting up and Managing Offshore Teams: Best Practices in Outsourcing”

Power ng Pinoy Inspiring Achievers Speaker Series and Business Networking San Francisco, CA – November 16, 2014– Global Filipino Network, in cooperation with Stanford US-Asia Technology Management Center and Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce (FACC) …

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