Monthly Archives: March 2013
Panagbenga festival flower parade attracts record 2 million tourists
March 1, 2013
BAGUIO CITY – This city’s grand flower festival parade of the Panagbenga 2013 last Sunday, February 24, was a big success with a huge crowd of two million foreign and local tourists, the biggest in the 18-year history of the festival. Continue reading
Viloria now halfway in training in Los Angeles vs Mexican challenger
March 1, 2013
LOS ANGELES/MANILA — A little more than a month before staking his World Boxing Organization (WBO) and World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight belts, Filipino titleholder Brian Viloria has been pronounced 50 per cent ready and will peak come fight night against Mexican challenger Juan Francisco Estrada on April 6 in the gambling city of Macau. Continue reading
FilAm leader calls for 1M overseas Filipino voters by 2016 Phl elections
March 1, 2013
MAKATI CITY — Filipino American leader Loida Nicolas-Lewis has called for an ambitious plan to enlist at least one million new overseas absentee voters for the 2016 presidential elections in the Philippines.
Lewis, a lawyer and businesswoman based in the United States, made the call during the 2nd Global Summit of Filipinos in the Diaspora held at the Dhusit Hotel in Makati City. Bulletin’s Ellson A. Quismorio reported on the event. Continue reading
Bart Freihaut’s 70th Birthday Bash
March 1, 2013
It was a very cold, snowy wet January 28, 2013 when Leticia asked the Freihauts and their intimate circle of friends to gather at Alta Villa Banquets in Addison, IL for a surprise 70th birthday celebration of Bart, her husband of 40 years. The lousy weather notwithstanding, everyone who showed up for the party was ready was happy they did. It was a joyful party and both the celebrant and the hostess were in great spirits and so were the invited guests. Continue reading
In the 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Actions, New Orleans Supports the Grand Isle Shipyard Filipino Workers
March 1, 2013
New Orleans, Louisiana – Fifty years since civil rights actions began in Birmingham, Alabama, activists from all over the U.S. convened in New Orleans to support Filipino workers continuing to struggle against modern day slavery. The first day of the Fact-Finding and Solidarity Mission organized by the Justice for Grand Isle Shipyard Filipino Workers campaign resulted in the formation of a new Filipino workers organization and solidifying of support from key organizations and communities within the New Orleans area. Continue reading
U.N.A. starts ‘sinking’ with only 9 Senate bets
March 1, 2013
MANILA – More bad news for the opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) as it begins to “shrink and sink” with only nine remaining senatorial candidates.
After the coalition removed former common candidates Sens. Loren Legarda and Francis Escudero and Ma. Grace Poe Llamanzares from its slate due to their failure to join their campaign sorties, at least two of their candidates – reelectionist Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan and Rep. Juan Ponce “Jackie” Enrile Jr. – have dropped out of the Senate “Magic 12” based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) pre-election survey. Continue reading