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Federico B. Gimenez, Senior International Consultant on
Procurement and Project Management, Is Unanimously
Selected As One Of The 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos
Abroad (TOFA)
03/01/2009 12:03 AM ET
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA, March 01 (PinoyGlobal) - Federico B.
Gimenez, formerly of Manila, Philippines and now residing in Canada, a
world renowned independent Senior International Consultant on
Procurement and Project Managemment, is unanimously selected as one
of the 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA) by the TOFA
Panel Board of Judges headed by Nonoy & Aida Mendoza of the FILIPINO
IMAGE MAGAZINE (FILIM) and the PINOY GLOBAL ONLINE NEWS (PGON),
and the ROXANNE ANDREA MENDOZA (RAM) MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
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Imelda "Emmie" Ortega Anderson, Founder of Pinoy Power
Honolulu Radio Program, Is Unanimously Selected
As One Of The 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad
(TOFA)
03/01/2009 10:33 PM ET
HONOLULU, HAWAII, , March 03 (PinoyGlobal) - Imelda Collado Ortega
Anderson, formerly of Manila and Laoag City, Philippines, and now
residing in Honolulu, Hawaii, a beauty and brain founder of the #1 Voted
Radio Program heard daily in Hawaii, is unanimously selected as one of
the 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA) by the TOFA Panel
Board of Judges headed by Nonoy & Aida Mendoza of the FILIPINO
IMAGE MAGAZINE (FILIM) and the PINOY GLOBAL ONLINE NEWS (PGON),
and the ROXANNE ANDREA MENDOZA (RAM) MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
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Weekly Devotion heartily dedicated to the highly achievers and
the image builders of the community
03/01/2009 09:58 PM ET
WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 02 (PinoyGlobal) - This is heartily dedicated to
the highly achievers, the imagebuilders of the Filipino Global (FILGLO)
communities, in particular, and to the mainstream, in general, and to the
2009 TOFA AWARDEES.
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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/02/2009 08:11 PM ET

Recruitment industry joins forces with gov't to revitalize job
opportunities, OFWs' protection
PGMA to lead formal opening of Teletech's 4th BPO delivery center
in Visayas region

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Mark Munoz, Filipino American MMA Fighter, Makes His UFC
Broadcast Debut on Pay-Per-View on Saturday, March 7th
                 03/02/2009 08:15 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (U.S. ASIAN WIRE) March 2, 2009 -- Entering the Ultimate
Fighting Championship (UFC) without a loss, Filipino American Mark
Muñoz makes his first live broadcast Pay Per View fight at Nationwide
Arena in Columbus, OH, on March 7, 10pm EST/7pm PST. Muñoz, a
wrestler/Jui Jitsu fighter with a 5-0 record, will face 7-2 Ohio native Mark
Munozboxer/wrestler Matt Hamill in the ring.   In his last fight with the
World Extreme Cage Fighting (WEC), Muñoz defeated Ricardo Barros
with a TKO in 2 minutes and 26 seconds.
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News Archive

News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/03/2009 07:29 PM ET

PGMA leads consultations with Region 12 peace stakeholders
PGMA hails BPO company’s expansion in RP
Tourism remains key sector in generating jobs amid global financial
crisis -- PGMA

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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/03/2009 07:29 PM ET
AMBASSADOR GAA AWARDS U.S. LEGISLATORS FOR THEIR ROLE IN
SECURING RECOGNITION AND BENEFITS FOR FILIPINO WWII VETERANS

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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/03/2009 07:29 PM ET
REP. FILNER HOSTS RECEPTION AT CAPITOL HILL TO CELEBRATE THE
VICTORY OF THE FILIPINO WWII VETERANS

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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/03/2009 07:29 PM ET
FILIPINO WWII VETERANS PRESENTS “FIGHTING FILIPINOS” POSTERS TO
REPRESENTATIVES BOB FILNER AND MIKE HONDA
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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/03/2009 07:29 PM ET
DOST boosts IT learning in Mindanao schools
MANILA (PNA) -- Over 60 public schools in Mindanao, including
marginalized towns in Lanao and Autonomous Region of Muslim
Mindanao, were given laptops and information technology (IT) learning
packages to boost IT proficiency in the region.
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Filipino Image Magazine Unsurpassed Credentials:

Member since 1993 of the world renown National Press Club of Washington, D.C.
Member of the Philippine News Agency, the largest news organization in the Philippines
Originator & Creator of the popular (TOFA) Twenty Outstanding Filipino-Americans
Originator & Creator of the populat (TOFA) Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad

Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/03/2009 09:02 PM ET

Filcom joins Brunei National Silver Jubilee day parade
Ambassador Gaa hosts reception to celebrate victory of Filipino
WWII veterans in the fight for recognition and benefits
Philippine Embassy commemorates Filipino Veterans victory in fight
for recognition and benefits with wreath-laying ceremony
Filipino World War II Veterans thank President Arroyo for her
support in the fight for recognition and benefits
Rep. Filner hosts reception at Capitol Hill to celebrate the victory of
the Filipino WWII Veterans
Iloilo Regional Consular Office celebrates 23rd Edsa 1 anniversary
Philippine Embassy in Abuja celebrates 23rd anniversary of Edsa
People Power Revolution
UNPOL Philippine Contingent of the UN Observer Mission in
Georgia (UNOMIG) donates water boiler system to the training
academy of Abkhazia, Georgia

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Madam, Read My Lips, Prioritize Foreign Debt Payment Not
Your Ego!
by Joe Mari Mercader
03/04/2009 12:57 AM ET
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 05 (PinoyGlobal) - Before attending the Asean
Leaders Summit in Thailand recently, Pres. Arroyo unabashedly bragged
that the Philippines “under her able fiscal management is among the few
to have escaped, thus far, a global recession epidemic.” What is wrong
with her is she undergoing a midlife crisis or just blind not to see the
brain drain of Filipinos (Diaspora) that has already become a national
embarrassment?
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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/04/2009 11:29 PM ET

Palace pleased with approval of poll automation budget
PGMA underscores importance of national and local government
partnership to combat effects of global financial crisis
Palace assures PGMA will sign P1.45-T 2009 budget in 10 days
Filipino vets in the U.S. thank PGMA for standing by them in “long
quest for justice and equity”
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s Message Re: Developing
Central Visayas as the Country’s Tourism Beltway

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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/04/2009 11:02 PM ET

PCG New York recognizes achievements of Writer, Choregrapher,
Chef Reynaldo “Ronnie” Alejandro
Vice President De Castro visits Xiamen
Veterans Breakfast Forum held at the Consulate
New Philippine Consulate General in Frankfurt opens its doors to
the public
Philippine Embassy conducts lecture on RP-ROK relations
25 Overseas Filipino Workers from Incheon Graduate from
Community Center Korean Language Course
Ambassador Lhuillier hosts Farewell Lunch for Outgoing Vietnamese
Ambassador
Tel Aviv PE attends Western Union’s grand lottery draw organized
for OFWs in Israel
Oslo PE commemorates 23rd anniversary of the Edsa I People Power
Revolution

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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/05/2009 07:22 PM ET

‘RP NO LONGER SICK MAN OF ASIA’
Policy Statements from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s
Message Re: Developing Central Visayas as the Country’s Tourism
Beltway Boracay Terraces Resort Convention Center, Boracay
Island, Malay, Aklan, March 3, 2009
There`s more than sufficient number of jobs for displaced workers,
DOLE says
AMBASSADOR GAA URGES FILIPINOS TO RECALL LESSONS OF 1986
EDSA REVOLUTION AT OPENING OF COMMEMORATIVE “PEOPLE’S
EXHIBIT”
AMBASSADOR GAA OPENS “PEOPLE’S EXHIBIT” COMMEMORATING
1986 EDSA REVOLUTION

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He Who Does Not Learn From The Past Is Bound To
Repeat The Stupidity
by Joe Mari Mercader
03/06/2009 7:57 PM ET
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 07 (PinoyGlobal) - 2010 is just a breath away and
soon all sorts of characters will be clawing each other to be in the
electoral derby. We just hope that the authority that vests power to
aspir ants for public office, the electorate, will be prudent this time
not to repeat the horrible error they made in the past of electing
nincompoops, clowns and idiots, not discounting scalawags.
Opportunities like elections do not come everyday.
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Guns pointed at wrong direction
03/06/2009 7:57 PM ET

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 07 (PinoyGlobal) - It is amazing how Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo can at one time while a student claim she was a
card-bearing member of the Communist Party of the Philippines and now
come up with this deadline to crush a "communist" insurgency.
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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/06/2009 08:12 PM ET

State Visit of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to Brazil
STRENGTHENING LINKS WITH THE FIL-AM CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
Order requiring business establishments, households to
segregate their trash readied
PGMA: Gov’t will continue to invest in economy, environment and
education
Oxford group says RP recorded its best economic performance in
30 years under Arroyo

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Is Richard Gordon running for President?
03/06/2009 8:57 PM ET
MANILA, March 07 (PinoyGlobal) - It's a question that would cross your
mind when you surf the Net and find forums initiated by apparent fans
seeking to convince others to join the Gordon for President bandwagon.
There are several blogs devoted to the same cause, one called Team
Gordon 2010, all enumerating the reasons why he should be entrusted
with the country's leadership after President Goria Macapagal-Arroyo
steps down next year.
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Victory, at last!
03/06/2009 9:00 PM ET
WITH one bold and historic stroke of his pen, President Barrack Obama
corrected many decades of neglect and humiliation for our dying
Filipino WWII veterans. The multibillion-dollar economic stimulus bill to
revive the ailing U.S. economy includes lump-sum appropriation of $198
million for 18,000 surviving Filipino heroes of WWII in the U.S. and in the
Philippines, out of more than 200,000 Filipino soldiers who were
conscripted to serve in the war, most of whom have already died.
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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/08/2009 10:29 AM ET

Purchase of BID documents extension
OPENING OF BIDS ON 24 DESKTOP COMPUTER FOR OCA-RCO
Philippine Embassy in Seoul launches 60th Anniversary of RP-ROK
relations with media reception

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Weekly Devotion heartily dedicated to the highly achievers and
the image builders of the community
03/08/2009 08:48 PM ET
WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 09 (PinoyGlobal) - This is heartily dedicated to
the highly achievers, the imagebuilders of the Filipino Global (FILGLO)
communities, in particular, and to the mainstream, in general, and to the
2009 TOFA AWARDEES.
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Signs of resilient Philippine tourism amid crisis
03/08/2009 8:57 PM ET
MANILA, March 09 (PinoyGlobal) - On a scorching March 3 afternoon,
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo went to the newly-built Shangri-La
Boracay Resort and Spa to assert that Philippine tourism will not only
withstand the global crisis but will also help provide the economic activity
necessary to attain positive growth during difficult times.
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Luzviminda "Luz" Sapin Micabalo, BSN, MPS, R.N., CHE,
Retired Health Care Administrator and Accomplished
Community Leader Is Unanimously Selected As One Of The
2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA)
03/08/2009 09:33 PM ET
LAS VEGAS, NEDAVA, March 09 (PinoyGlobal)- Luzviminda "Luz" Sapin
Micabalo, formerly of Long Island, New York, and now of Las Vegas,
Nevada, retired Health Care Administrator, and an accomplished
national community leader, is unanimously selected as one of the 2009
Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA) by the TOFA Panel Board of
Judges headed by Nonoy & Aida Mendoza of the FILIPINO IMAGE
MAGAZINE (FILIM) and the PINOY GLOBAL ONLINE NEWS (PGON), and
the ROXANNE ANDREA MENDOZA (RAM) MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
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If To Do Were As Easy As To Know
by Joe Mari Mercader
03/12/2009 7:57 PM ET
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 12 (PinoyGlobal) - The Bard of Avon, William
Shakespeare, rhetorically stated centuries ago, “If to do were as easy as
to know….”. Indeed, his classic words would make a well of difference
if aspiring politicians knew that their incongruity to the government
position they seek excels their capricious desire. For sure, things would
definitely be much brighter. People would be relieved to elect only the
crème de la crème academes, not any of the certifiable wallflowers raring
to join the marathon in the election next year.
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Mercy or No Mercy?
03/12/2009 07:17 PM ET
SACRAMENTO, CALIF., March 12 (PinoyGlobal) - In an act of defiance,
Ombudsman Maria Merceditas “Mercy” Gutierrez arrogantly declared, “I
have my mandate,I have my term and I believe this is my duty, my
service to our countrymen.” With “my” repeated four times in one
sentence, one would wonder if she really cared much about what her
“mandate” was all about.
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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/12/2009 06:29 PM ET

HONORING FILIPINO TALENT: REMEMBERING AN ARTIST
EMBASSY JOINS WASHINGTON BALLET IN HONORING FILIPINO
ARTIST SALUDARES IN MEMORIAL SERVICE
PGMA signs RP Archipelagic Baseline Law
PGMA confers Presidential awards, citations on organizers of
global forum on migration
PGMA orders stepped-up drive vs media killings; P2M ok’d to help
victims’ families pursue cases
AMBASSADOR GAA AWARDS PHILIPPINE LIBERATION CAMPAIGN
MEDAL TO U.S. VETERAN WILLIAM BURHANS

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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/12/2009 05:12 PM ET

Ambassador Gaa urges Filipinos to recall lessons of 1986 EDSA
revolution at opening of commemorative “People’s Exhibit”
Ambassador Gaa opens “People’s Exhibit” commemorating 1986 Edsa
Revolution
Toronto PCG Commemorates Edsa-1 Anniversary
Mexico PE commemorates the 23rd Edsa-1 Anniversary
Philippines and South Korea celebrate “Lasting Friendship”

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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/13/2009 04:29 AM ET

President Arroyo confers Presidential Awards and Commendations
to GFMD Organizers
New Overseas Absentee Voting Registrants at 15,234
Ambassador Buensuceso pays Courtesy Calls on Top Norwegian
officials
Visit to New York of the Hon. Hermilando Mandanas,
Representative of the 2nd District of Batangas
Author Presents Book on American Family’s World War II
experience in Mindanao
Strengthening Links with the Fil-Am Chambers of Commerce

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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/13/2009 06:12 PM ET

PGMA keynotes 34th Kiwanis International Asia-Pacific Convention
US Millennium Challenge Corp. finds RP eligible for large-scale grant

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Can Teodoro put up a good fight?
03/14/2009 06:23 AM ET
MANILA, March 13 (PinoyGlobal) - Since President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo named former Tarlac Rep. Gilbert C. Teodoro Jr. her
defense secretary in August 2007, there had been speculations that he
was being groomed for the presidency or at least a national elective
post.
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Pinoys still undecided on GMA's successor
03/14/2009 06:53 AM ET
MANILA, March 13 (PinoyGlobal) - With just 14 months to go until Filipinos
choose their new set of leaders, voters remain uncertain on who to pick
as their next Chief Executive, according to the results of a survey
conducted by independent pollster Pulse Asia Inc.
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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/14/2009 06:27 AM ET

PHILIPPINE EMBASSY MEETS EMERGING AMERICAN POLITICAL
LEADERS
AMBASSADOR GAA AWARDS LEGISLATIVE STAFFERS AND FILIPINO
AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS FOR ROLE IN FILIPINO VETERANS
VICTORY

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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/14/2009 06:29 AM ET

New Chinese Ambassador pays courtesy call on DFA Secretary
Romulo
Filipino Artist finalist in DC Mayor’s Arts Awards; Awarded the JFK
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Commissioning Project
Ambassador Maria Theresa P. Lazaro meets with Novartis Chair
and CEO
Ambassador Buensuceso visits Sandessjøen, Norway
Washington PE joins Washington Ballet in Honoring Filipino Artist
Mary Saludares in Memorial Service
New Chinese Ambassador pays courtesy call on DFA Secretary
Romulo

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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/15/2009 08:09 PM ET

Drug Syndicates continue to use Filipinos as Drug Couriers to
China, Hong Kong and Macau
Milan PCG conducts Mobile Consular Services in Bologna
RP Embassy officers meet senior officials of the Malaysian Ministry
of Home Affairs

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Weekly Devotion heartily dedicated to the highly achievers and
the image builders of the community
03/16/2009 08:00 PM ET
WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 16 (PinoyGlobal) - This is heartily dedicated to
the highly achievers, the imagebuilders of the Filipino Global (FILGLO)
communities, in particular, and to the mainstream, in general, and to the
2009 TOFA AWARDEES.
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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/17/2009 06:27 AM ET

BSP sees remittances to remain strong in `09
Policy Statements from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s
Speech during the Opening Ceremony of the 34th Asia-Pacific
Convention of the Kiwanis International Atlantic Hall, Waterfront
Cebu City Hotel, Lahug District, Cebu City, Cebu March 13, 2009
PGMA releases P125M in housing support to disabled soldiers,
families of soldiers killed in action
PGMA's Speech during the 104th Commencement Exercises of the
Philippine Military Academy (PMA) "Masiglahi" Class 2009
Cabinet meeting to focus on Mindanao as agri-business super
region
PGMA inaugurates San Fernando City (La Union) Airport

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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/17/2009 08:53 PM ET

Secretary Romulo calls on Turkish President Abdullah Gul
Congen Raul S. Hernandez of Xiamen PCG calls on officials of the
Quanzhou Municipal Peoples’ Government
Santiago PE launches “registration all aboard”
Stimulus Bill Provides $198 Million for Filipino Veterans

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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/17/2009 08:57 PM ET

111th RP Independence Day celebrations to focus on jobs
generations
Recto: Employment report shows RP better off than others

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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/17/2009 08:53 PM ET

Secretary Edgardo Pamintuan meets with Ambassador Gaa and
Filipino Communities in the U.S.
Philippine Embassy meets with emerging American Political Leaders
Ambassador Gaa awards Legislative Staffers and Filipino American
Organizations for role in Filipino Veterans Victory
The DFA press corps invitation

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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/19/2009 05:23 AM ET

PGMA graces ceremonial submarine cable connection of globe’s
“best network connectivity”
PGMA announces more belt-tightening measures

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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/19/2009 09:50 PM ET

Moro residents urge Gov`t, MILF to resume peace talks
Fujitsu retrenchment “beyond us” but govt to assist workers –
Palace
PGMA orders intensified manhunt for suspects in P4-million shabu
case

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Special To PinoyGlobal
By Jose Andres De Luna
Manila, Philippines
NEW ANTI-KIDNAP STRATEGY NEEDED IN MINDANAO
03/19/2009 09:43 AM ET
MANILA, March 19(PinoyGlobal) - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s
National Security Chief believes that kidnap-for-ransom operations
in the Southern Philippines have turned into a “cottage industry”
because of the failure of the current strategy to effectively deter
abductions there.
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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
03/21/2009 12:50 AM ET

PGMA orders raps filed against DOJ, PDEA personnel
PGMA tasks Alvarez to urge international community to agree to
substantial green gas emission cut
PGMA rallies the populace to patronize “green products” to stop
global warming
RP, Indonesia free from Asian contraction amid global financial
crisis -- Reuters poll
RP plays host to biggest environmental fair in Asia

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Special To PinoyGlobal
By Joe Mari Mercader
New York,NY
STEPPING DOWN IS HER ONLY WAY OUT NOW
03/21/2009 12:26 AM ET
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 20 (PinoyGlobal) -Fourteen months is a tight time
constraint for Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) to pull a rabbit from
the top hat. Her own protégés and lapdogs have already sealed the
demise of her presidency (part two). Their vying alone against each
other for her job puts GMA in estoppels to stage a coup to replace
herself. No way can she now rush passage of the unsavory Charter
change (Cha cha) that should breathe life into her moribund days in the
high seat of President. It seems like only yesterday when her conjugal
dictatorship with then Speaker Joe de Venecia (JDV) was in bloom.
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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/21/2009 12:10 AM ET

19 March 2009—Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto G. Romulo met
with Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan to discuss
Philippine-Turkey bilateral relations during his official visit to
Ankara, Turkey.

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Luzviminda "Luz" Sapin Micabalo, BSN, MPS, R.N., CHE,
Retired Health Care Administrator and Accomplished
Community Leader Is Unanimously Selected As One Of The
2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA)
03/22/2009 08:38 AM ET
LAS VEGAS, NEDAVA, March 09 (PinoyGlobal)- Luzviminda "Luz" Sapin
Micabalo, formerly of Long Island, New York, and now of Las Vegas,
Nevada, retired Health Care Administrator, and an accomplished
national community leader, is unanimously selected as one of the 2009
Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA) by the TOFA Panel Board of
Judges headed by Nonoy & Aida Mendoza of the FILIPINO IMAGE
MAGAZINE (FILIM) and the PINOY GLOBAL ONLINE NEWS (PGON), and
the ROXANNE ANDREA MENDOZA (RAM) MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
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Federico B. Gimenez, Senior International Consultant on
Procurement and Project Management, Is Unanimously
Selected As One Of The 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos
Abroad (TOFA)
03/22/2009 08:34 AM ET
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA, March 01 (PinoyGlobal) - Federico B.
Gimenez, formerly of Manila, Philippines and now residing in Canada, a
world renowned independent Senior International Consultant on
Procurement and Project Managemment, is unanimously selected as one
of the 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA) by the TOFA
Panel Board of Judges headed by Nonoy & Aida Mendoza of the FILIPINO
IMAGE MAGAZINE (FILIM) and the PINOY GLOBAL ONLINE NEWS (PGON),
and the ROXANNE ANDREA MENDOZA (RAM) MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
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Imelda "Emmie" Ortega Anderson, Founder of Pinoy Power
Honolulu Radio Program, Is Unanimously Selected
As One Of The 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad
(TOFA)
03/22/2009 08:33 AM ET
HONOLULU, HAWAII, , March 03 (PinoyGlobal) - Imelda Collado Ortega
Anderson, formerly of Manila and Laoag City, Philippines, and now
residing in Honolulu, Hawaii, a beauty and brain founder of the #1 Voted
Radio Program heard daily in Hawaii, is unanimously selected as one of
the 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA) by the TOFA Panel
Board of Judges headed by Nonoy & Aida Mendoza of the FILIPINO
IMAGE MAGAZINE (FILIM) and the PINOY GLOBAL ONLINE NEWS (PGON),
and the ROXANNE ANDREA MENDOZA (RAM) MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
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Special To PinoyGlobal
By Dr. Erie Agustin
New York, New Jersey
LET US PRIORITIZE OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
03/22/2009 0P:37 PM ET
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 22 (PinoyGlobal) - To achieve maximum benefits
for our country in terms of financial enhancement, let us exploit to the hilt
our dormant asset personified by our teachers and make them pillars of
the country, which they are but who are not recognized for their actual
worth. By this, I mean for the government to take care of our teachers
who have been neglected all these years, despite their never-ending
sacrifices. A strong force of great teachers makes a strong educational
system.
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Eileen DeCesare , RN, MS, CNAA, LNC
President and Founder of Professional Healthcare
Resources, Inc. Unanimously Selected As One Of The 2009
Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA)
03/22/2009 08:40 PM ET
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 22 (PinoyGlobal) - Eileen DeCesare , RN, MS,
CNAA, LNC, President and Founder of Professional Healthcare Resources,
Inc. is unanimously selected as one of the 2009 Twenty
Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA) by the TOFA Panel Board of Judges
headed by Nonoy & Aida Mendoza of the FILIPINO IMAGE MAGAZINE
(FILIM) and the PINOY GLOBAL ONLINE NEWS (PGON), and the ROXANNE
ANDREA MENDOZA (RAM) MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
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Weekly Devotion heartily dedicated to the highly achievers and
the image builders of the community
03/22/2009 08:50 PM ET
WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 22 (PinoyGlobal) - This is heartily dedicated to
the highly achievers, the imagebuilders of the Filipino Global (FILGLO)
communities, in particular, and to the mainstream, in general, and to the
2009 TOFA AWARDEES.
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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
3/24/2009 08:46 PM PHT

PHILIPPINE DEFENSE SECRETARY GILBERT TEODORO HONORS
AMBASSADOR WILLY GAA FOR HIS WORK IN THE PASSAGE OF
FILIPINO VETERANS BENEFITS
Latest survey shows hunger incidence in RP down -- Remonde
AMBASSADOR GAA ENGAGES MEMBERS OF THE 111TH U.S.
CONGRESS ON ISSUES OF COMMON INTEREST AND CONCERN
BETWEEN PHILIPPINES AND THE U.S.

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Angel Calvo Arando of London, U.K.,
Owners' Director & Representative,
Is Unanimously Selected As One Of The 2009 Twenty
Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA)
03/24/2009 08:04 AM GMT
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, March 25 (PinoyGlobal) - Angel "Angui" Calvo
Arando formerly of Manila, Philippines and now residing in London, United
Kingdom, Owners' Director and Representative of Summer Navigation
Ltd, Marshal Islands, and a Filipino (from Quiapo) achieving the accolade
in September 2007, "Freeman of the City of London," bestowed upon
esteemed citizens for services to the United Kingdom, is unanimously
selected as one of the 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA)
by the TOFA Panel Board of Judges headed by Nonoy & Aida Mendoza of
the FILIPINO IMAGE MAGAZINE (FILIM) and the PINOY GLOBAL ONLINE
NEWS (PGON), and the ROXANNE ANDREA MENDOZA (RAM) MEMORIAL
FOUNDATION.
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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
3/25/2009 08:37 AM PHT

PGMA groundbreaks $200-M Banyan Tree luxury resort in Palawan
PGMA eyes 180,000 jobs for laid off OFWs – Remonde
PGMA orders release of P2-billion for NLAQ irrigation projects
PGMA moves to ensure global recession would not become an RP
recession
PHILIPPINE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION THANKS U.S.
LEGISLATORS FOR PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION PROVIDING
RECOGNITION AND BENEFITS FOR FILIPINO WWII VETERANS

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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/25/2009 08:10 AM PHT

Deadline for Application for Examinees Who passed the 2007 or
2008 Qualifying Test of Foreign Service Officer (FSO) Examination,
and are below Thirty-six (36) years of age, as of 18 July 2009, is
on 22 May 2009.

Special To PinoyGlobal
By Joe Mari Mercader
New York,NY
DRUG LORD ANTHONY ANG FLEW FROM CUCKOO’S NEST
VIA P50-M BRIBE
03/24/2009 08:06 PM ET
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 24 (PinoyGlobal) - The O.A. (overacting) concern
of public officials to Pres. Arroyo’s mercurial outbursts when something
goes wrong in their sphere of responsibility makes one feel like throwing
up. We know damn well they are numb even to exposes about their
wanton larcenous shenanigans, why should they be unsettled with the
puny ire of a lame-duck president who may not even be around long
enough to punish them?
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Commissioner Zenaida "Zeny" M. Almario of Paterson, NJ,
Is Unanimously Selected As One Of The 2009 Twenty
Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA)
03/25/2009 10:17 AM EDT
PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, March 26 (PinoyGlobal) - Zenaida "Zeny"
Mercado Almario, formerly of Manila, currently Commissioner of the Board
of Education of the Paterson Public Schools, and a well known community
leader in the Tri-States: New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, is
unanimously selected as one of the 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos
Abroad (TOFA) by the TOFA Panel Board of Judges headed by Nonoy &
Aida Mendoza of the FILIPINO IMAGE MAGAZINE (FILIM) and the PINOY
GLOBAL ONLINE NEWS (PGON), and the ROXANNE ANDREA MENDOZA
(RAM) MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
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Special To PinoyGlobal
By Perry Diaz
Sacramento, California
BANKERS HAVE GONE BONKERS
03/25/2009 11:17 PM PDT
SACRAMENTO, CALIF., March 25 (PinoyGlobal) - In the past several
months, amidst the financial meltdown, a lot of people have wondered,
“are bankers going bonkers?” With the passage of the $700-billion
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and President Obama’s signing of
the $787-billion economic stimulus package, the bankers have gone
bonkers, not for lack of money but for having too much money in their
pockets. Indeed, the government bailout has created a “windfall” for the
banks that they can use any which way they want.
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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/26/2009 01:44 PM PHT

Online registration for official and non-official media who will cover
the 14th East ASEAN Summit (EAS) and Related Meetings in
Pattaya, Thailand on 10-12 April 2009 will be open from 20 March to
05 April 2009 www.14thaseansummit.org.
DFA Secretary Romulo meets with Spanish Foreign Minister
Moratinos
Secretary Alberto G. Romulo and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel
Angel Moratinos exchange signed agreements
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo welcomes Spanish
Foreign Minister H.E. Miguel Angel Moratinos

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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
3/26/2009 01:40 PM PHT

Gov't extends P20,000 financial assistance each to 71 former rebels
Chacha is not PGMA's priority, Remonde says
IMF’s lower growth rate projection for RP has positive side --
Remonde
Batangas folks hail opening of San Juan Port and Laiya Road by
PGMA
PGMA cites roles of tourism and BPO in solving RP employment woes
Singaporean project boosts PGMA's 6-10-million jobs target by 2010

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Special To PinoyGlobal
By Jose Andres De Luna
Manila, Philippines
WILL THERE BE A CHARTER CHANGE?
03/27/2009 10:18 PM PHT
MANILA, March 27(PinoyGlobal) - In November last year, then Press
Secretary Jesus Dureza said in his opening prayers at a Cabinet meeting
that he hoped President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo would have the
strength to finish her term in 2010 and perhaps serve even longer. Mrs.
Arroyo was visibly irked by the remark, which Dureza clarified was just a
joke, but the scene was enough to add fuel to long-simmering suspicions
that the Arroyo administration would stop at nothing for a last shot to
amend the 1987 Charter–and thereby lift term limits to allow Mrs. Arroyo
to prolong her stay in power.
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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/27/2009 11:24 PM PHT

“Consulate on Wheels” travels to Sacramento
Philippine Tourism Office joins Malaysian Travel Fair
Ambassador Maria Theresa P. Lazaro hosts a dinner in honor of His
Eminence Gaudencio B. Cardinal Rosales
Brussels PE holds back-to back OAV field registrations in Antwerp
Philippine Embassy holds Business and Investment opportunities
seminar for OFWs in Paris
Asean-Korea centre inaugurated in Seoul
Philippine progress and challenges in addressing the drug problem
highlighted at UN high-level drug control session
Philippine progress and challenges in addressing the drug problem
highlighted at UN high-level drug control session

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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
3/27/2009 11:20 PM PHT

Filipino Artist Named DC's Outstanding Emerging Artist
Philippine Embassy Conducts Consular Outreach Program in South
Florida
Gov't extends P20,000 financial assistance each to 71 former rebels
RP is recognized as 1 of best performing economies in Asia
GMA lines up biggest job fairs starting June 12
PGMA urges Prov’l Boards to help address economic crisis

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Belle Santos-Owens, President of Katipunan, Fil-Am
Association of Maryland, Is Unanimously Selected One Of
The 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA)
03/27/2009 11:59 AM EDT
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, March 28 (PinoyGlobal) Bella Michaela
Santos-Owens, formerly of Marilao, Bulacan, currently Commissioner
Appointee for the Baltimore County Commission for Women, and
President of the Katipunan, Filipino-American Association of Maryland,
is unanimously selected as one of the 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos
Abroad (TOFA) by the TOFA Panel Board of Judges headed by Nonoy &
Aida Mendoza of the FILIPINO IMAGE MAGAZINE (FILIM) and the PINOY
GLOBAL ONLINE NEWS (PGON), and the ROXANNE ANDREA MENDOZA
(RAM) MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
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Special To PinoyGlobal
By Rodel E. Rodis
San Francisco, California
ERAP'S PRIVATE ARMY
03/27/2009 05:32 PM PDT
San Francisco, California, March 27(PinoyGlobal) - AFTER Joseph "Erap"
Estrada was elected president in 1998, he stopped his predecessor's six-
year campaign to disband the 560 "private armies" that had proliferated
all over the Philippines. Instead, Estrada added one more “private army”
to the list - but one that was crafted from within the ranks of the
Philippine military establishment, an elite unit that would go after his
political enemies and engage in “black operations.”
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Special To PinoyGlobal
By Dr. Erie Agustin
New York, New Jersey
GIFT OF LOVE
03/27/2009 10:37 PM ET
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 27 (PinoyGlobal) - Not Japanese, Americans,
Koreans or any other nationality has ever conceived of the phenomenally
popular “Balikbayan” box our compatriots use to send their loved ones in
the Philippines. Inside are a variety of goodies and items ranging from
clothes, canned goods, toys, chocolate bars, name it and they are
packed inside these plain looking boxes that travel by sea, air and land
in containers. The practice has turned into a virtual culture that come in
various categories.
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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/29/2009 11:24 PM PHT

Two chemical tankers hijacked off Somalia Coast; Filipino Seafarers
on Board
RP contributes to the United Nation’s Humanitarian Appeal for Gaza
Tel Aviv PE hosts luncheon meet of Asia-Pacific Ambassadors; H.E.
President Shimon Peres as guest of honor
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister to visit the Philippines
Former Senator Orlando Mercado presents his Credentials as
Philippine Permanent Representative to Asean
RP presses for reforms in UN Security Council; wants veto power of
Permanent Members curtailed
Philippines makes waves at Spanish diving fair
HRH Princess Mathilde of Belgium celebrates International Women’s
Month with Lady Ambassadors

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Weekly Devotion heartily dedicated to the highly achievers and
the image builders of the community
03/30/2009 08:50 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 30 (PinoyGlobal) - This is heartily dedicated to
the highly achievers, the imagebuilders of the Filipino Global (FILGLO)
communities, in particular, and to the mainstream, in general, and to the
2009 TOFA AWARDEES.
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Global Filipino (GLOFIL) Current Global News Happenings
03/31/2009 11:24 AM PHT

The DFA press corps invitation
Filipino Artist named DC’s Outstanding Emerging Artist
Apology Issued by the Publisher and Editors of HK Magazine 30
March 2009
Statement of Philippine Deputy Consul General Kira Danganan (Hong
Kong) on the column, “The War At Home,” by Mr. Chip Tsao published
in the March 27, 2009 issue of HK Magazine
Filipino named most Oustanding Emerging Artist in DC Mayor’s Arts
Awards
Joint press statement between the Republic of the Philippines and
the Independent States of Papua New Guinea on the occasion of the
State Visit of the Right Honorable Grand Chief Sir Michael T. Somare,
GCL GCMG CH CF KStJ 28-31 March 2009

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News Release from the Philippine Embassy
3/31/2009 11:25 AM PHT

Boracay tourism will further flourish with completion of Kalibo and
Caticlan international airports, says PGMA
PGMA firms up her support to IT sector, visit Oracle Phils at Global
city tomorrow
Tourism industry can meet demand for jobs in Region 6 - PGMA

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Gus Mercado, Filipino-American Civic and Business Leader,
Owner & CEO of DataLogix, Is Unanimously Selected One
Of The 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA)
03/30/2009 10:32 PM CDT
DALLAS, TEXAS, March 31 (PinoyGlobal) Gus Mercado, owner and CEO
(Chief Executive Officer) of a high-tech wireless engineering company,
DataLogix of Dallas, Texas, with operations in the Philippines, the United
States and Canada, providing telecom and information technology services
while developing and enhancing the careers of Asian-American
engineering professionals, former Philippine Consul-General in Houston,
Texas, is unanimously selected as one of the 2009 Twenty Outstanding
Filipinos Abroad (TOFA) by the TOFA Panel Board of Judges headed by
Nonoy & Aida Mendoza of the FILIPINO IMAGE MAGAZINE (FILIM) and the
PINOY GLOBAL ONLINE NEWS (PGON), and the ROXANNE ANDREA
MENDOZA (RAM) MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
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Special To PinoyGlobal
By Joe Mari Mercader
New York,NY
IT'S NOW OR NEVER
03/31/2009 09:06 PM EDT
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 31 (PinoyGlobal) - If what we hear back home is
true – that 150 congressmen already signed Rep. Luis Villafuerte’s
resolution calling for a constituent assembly (con-ass) to amend the
Constitution - then I too have been duped by the body language of
Madam Arroyo (that she was stepping down after the 2010 elections),
which only proves that to err is human.
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NEWS ARCHIVE
March 2008