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FILIPINIANA
from Juan Tamad and Other Philippine Folk Stories
The
in
Legend oftheGreen Snakes
(Dahong Palay)
In his earnest
desire to possess venom like
all other snakes,
he took the mug
over so that its
remaining contents dropped
out on the bark
of the tree.
There was just
too little left to
drink or even
the beginning of time,
snakes were
believed not to possess venom as they
do now. For which
reason, they were
not feared nor respected. They were
often shoved away
and killed. Given their
undignified state, they
longed to be protected
in some way or another to dissuade man
and beast alike from
murdering them by
numbers.
lick with his
tongue. Had he
arrived earlier,
Bathala would
have him drank
the venom as
did the other
snakes.
Thus, one day the
golden cobra or
ulupong the undisDahong Palay
puted king of snakes
has to circle beprayed and asked for
low and around
some form of safePhoto courtesy of Adlaw’s Photostream
the bark of the
guard from Bathala for
tree so he could at least wipe
their kinds. At first, Bathala
the green-colored venoms against his scaly skin.
ignored his request.
One day, the God (Bat-hala) descended to earth
and brought with him venoms to give away to the
snakes. The first to obtain the venom was the cobra that explains why its venom it the most lethal
of all. Each one of the other snakes also obtained
his share of venom, though in decreasing potency, except for the green snake or Dahong Palay,
who was late in learning about the free distribution of venom.
When he came to the place where venoms have
been given out, the only thing left of the venom
supply were drops of it remaining in the bamboo
mug Bathala left hanging around the bark of a
certain palm tree.
It is not surprising that the green snake, as its
name suggests, appears green all over owing to
the green-colored venom it painted to its body.
Though the venom found on its skin, and not inside its mouth near the fangs as all other snakes
do, the venom remains poisonous to those who
bite or come in contact with its skin.
Thus, it possesses a serious threat to those of
its enemies who tried to attack him, and provided the necessary protection for the green
snakes that came after him are born equipped
with the venom on their skin, which along with
their pair of sharp fangs elicits natural fear in
everyone of us toward them, and commands our
respect for their kinds for all times to come. n
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ENTERTAINMENT
THAT’S HOW THE FIGHT STARTED...
Compiled by Judy Joverr
A TRUE STORY......or should be
A little boy got on the bus, sat next to a man reading a book, and
noticed he had his collar on backwards.
The little boy asked why he wore his collar backwards.
The man, who was a priest, said, ‘I am a Father..’
The little boy replied, ‘My Daddy doesn’t wear his collar like that.’
The priest looked up from his book and answered, ‘’I am the Father of
many.’
The boy said, ‘’My Dad has 4 boys, 4 girls and two grandchildren and
he doesn’t wear his collar that way!’
The priest, getting impatient, said. ‘I am the Father of hundreds’, and
went back to reading his book.
The little boy sat quietly thinking for a while, then leaned over and said,
“Maybe you should wear a condom, and put your pants on backwards
instead of your collar.”
This is the best and most civil way to have a fight between husband
and wife instead of resorting to physical force...!!
Poems written by WIFE and HUSBAND.
Wish that all husbands and wives are poets like this:
WIFE:
I wrote your name on sand it got washed.
I wrote your name in air, it was blown away.
Then I wrote your name on my heart & I got Heart Attack.
HUSBAND:
God saw me hungry, he created pizza.
He saw me thirsty, he created Pepsi.
He saw me in the dark, he created light.
He saw me without problems, he created YOU.
WIFE:
Twinkle twinkle little star
You should know what you are
And once you know what you are
Mental hospital is not so far
HUSBAND:
The rain makes all things beautiful.
The grass and flowers too.
If rain makes all things beautiful
Why doesn’t it rain on you?
WIFE:
Roses are red; Violets are blue
Monkey like u should be kept in zoo.
Don’t feel so angry you will find me there too
Not in cage but outside, laughing at you
After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social
Security.
The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver’s license to
verify my age.
I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home.
I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home
and come back later.
The woman said, ‘Unbutton your shirt.’ So I opened my shirt revealing
my curly silver hair.
She said, ‘That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me’ and
she processed my Social Security application.
When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the
Social Security office.
She said, ‘You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten
disability, too.’
And then the fight started...
..................................
I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took my
order first.
“I’ll have the strip steak, medium rare, please.”
He said, “Aren’t you worried about the mad cow?””
Nah, she can order for herself.”
And then the fight started...
..................................
My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping channels.
She asked, ‘What’s on TV?’
I said, ‘Dust.’
And then the fight started...
..................................
My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion,
and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone
at a nearby table.
My wife asked, ‘Do you know her?’
‘Yes,’ I sighed, ‘She’s my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she hasn’t
been sober since.’
‘My God!’ said my wife, ‘who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?’
And then the fight started...
..................................
DEAF WIFE?
A man feared his wife wasn’t hearing as well as she used to and he
thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach
her, he called the family Doctor to discuss the problem.
The Doctor told him there is a simple, informal test the husband could
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
“Here’s what you do,” said the Doctor, “stand about 40 feet away from
her, and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you.
If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.”
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in
the den. He says to himself, “I’m about 40 feet away, let’s see what
happens.”
Then in a normal tone he asks, ‘Honey, what’s for dinner?”
No response.
So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his
wife and repeats, “Honey, what’s for dinner?”
Still no response.
Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his
wife and asks, “Honey, what’s for dinner?”
Again he gets no response.
So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away.
Honey, what’s for dinner?” Again there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her. “Honey, what’s for dinner?”
“Alan , for the FIFTH time, CHICKEN!”
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Meriam Quiambao,1999
Ruffa Gutierrez, 1993
Chat Silayan, 1980
Evangeline Pascual, 1973
Tetchie Agbayani, 1978
WOMENEWS
Margie Moran, 1973
Melanie Marquez, 1979
10 MOST FAMOUS
FILIPINA BEAUTY
QUEENS
Compiled by Judy Jover
GEMMA CRUZ-ARANETA is known to most Filipinos more as
a beauty queen than as a living descendant of Jose Rizal. She
is the grand-niece of Rizal through his sister, Maria. In 1964,
Gemma won the title Miss International in the beauty contest held
in California, USA. She is the first Filipina to represent her country
in an international beauty pageant and the first Filipina to win
the crown of Miss International. She was 21 years old when she
won the Miss International title. Gemma eventually became the
Secretary of Tourism of the Philippines from 1998-2001.
GLORIA DIAZ won the 1969 Miss Universe pageant held in
Florida, USA. She was 18 years old when she was crowned Miss
Universe. Gloria pursued a movie career and went on to receive
an award from Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences
(FAMAS) as the Best Supporting Actress of the Philippines in
2005. Last year, Cebu issued a resolution declaring her persona
non grata in the province over a statement attributed to her that
allegedly belittled the ability of Cebuanos to speak English. The
incident stemmed from the supposed error of Miss Universe 2010
Fourth Runner-Up, Venus Raj, in the question and answer portion
of the contest.
AURORA PIJUAN is the Miss International titleholder for the year
1970. A product of the 1970 Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant,
Aurora was sent to Osaka, Japan to compete, and eventually
win, Miss International. Her victory meant that the Philippines is
the first country to win the title twice. Aurora is currently an active
member of the Gawad Kalinga movement in the rural areas of the
Philippines.
MARGIE MORAN FLOIRENDO spent more than 20 years working with women’s groups and community development in Mindanao. Today, she heads Ballet Philippines and is merging dance
with her community work. Margie was 19 years old when she was
crowned Miss Universe in Athens, Greece, in 1973.
EVANGELINE PASCUAL was awarded 1st runner up in the
1973 Miss World pageant. She almost got the title when 1973
Miss Word Marjorie Wallace was dethroned. The title should have
been given to her but the Miss World organization failed to award
it to her. Evangeline Pascual was also an actress in the Philippines.
VISITACION PARADO, who is better known as TECHIE AG-
Gloria Diaz, 1969
Gemma Cruz, 1964
Aurora Pijuan, 1970
BAYANI by her screen name, is a Filipina movie
and television actress, Mutya ng Pilipinas 1978
and a psychology instructor. She was once a Playboy model
and appeared in a regular issue of German Playboy (1982) and
a special American edition entitled “Women of the World”. She
is featured daily on Filipino television where she stars in soap
operas.
MELANIE MARQUEZ won a local beauty pageant competition
when she was 15 years old, and the 1979 Miss International Pageant. Subsequently, she took-up a career in fashion, magazine,
catwalk, and commercial modeling, was featured on national and
international magazine covers, and toured Europe and the United
States as a model. As an actress, she has played parts in action
and dramatic films, including the title role in her own bio-picture,
and has become a TV host, film producer, and celebrity endorser.
MARIA ROSARIO “Chat” SILAYAN was an actress, TV host,
and a Binibining Pilipinas-Universe titleholder. She got the thirdrunner up place in the Miss Universe Pageant held in South Korea in 1980. She died in her sleep in 2006 after a two-year battle
with colon cancer. She was only 46.
SHARMAINE RUFFA RAMA GUTIERREZ is a model, beauty
queen and actress. She was Binibining Pilipinas World 1993 and
second runner-up to Miss World 1993. Prior to becoming Miss
World 2nd Princess, Ruffa was also the Philippine winner to represent the country at the 1992 Look of the Year (now Elite Look)
modeling search in New York, USA.
MIRIAM QUIAMBAO was Binibining Pilipinas-World 1999. She
was supposed to represent the Philippines in the Miss World 1999
pageant in London, but the organizers of the Binibining Pilipinas
Pageant decided to send her to the Miss Universe 1999 pageant
in Trinidad and Tobago instead. In the Miss Universe Pageant,
she took home the Clairol Herbal Essences Style Award - the first
and, so far, the only Asian to do so. She also finished second
overall in the preliminaries. Many believe that had she answered
the final question with a little more confidence, she would have
been Miss Universe 1999. Miriam is an actress and TV host in the
Philippines. n
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ENVIRONMENT
Biodiversity Threatened
Before It’s Discovered
threatened even before they are properly
documented.
“This site is very near urban areas that do
not manage their solid waste,” he tells IPS
on a small island near the dive site where
candy wrappers, old rubber slippers and
other debris litter the shoreline. In their
underwater explorations, Licuanan says it’s
not uncommon to find plastic bags and old
diapers wrapped around corals and dry cell
batteries dissolving on the ocean floor.
Verde Island is also one of the busiest sea
lanes, where commercial and industrial
ships and passenger ferries from southern islands regularly pass to reach capital
Manila.
“The impact of people is very noticeable on
the beach and water. Imagine if an oil spill
were to happen in the area,” adds Licuanan. At present, no infrastructure is in place
to contain a major oil or chemical spill and
the nearby Batangas Bay is quickly becoming a major refining and petrol chemical
centre in the country.
PHILIPPINES
IPS – Inter Press Service
News Agency
By Kara Santos
BATANGAS “Every time we
go in the water, someone
discovers something that’s
never been seen before,”
says Dr. Terrence Gosliner,
leader of the ongoing 2011
Philippine Biodiversity
Expedition.
Gosliner is dean of science and research
collections at the California Academy of
Sciences, which is conducting its largest
expedition to date. He describes the richness of marine life in the Philippines as
“seemingly endless.” Though he has been
coming back for over 20 years on various expeditions, he still manages to find
at least one new form of life during every
dive.
“Many people believe that the Great Barrier Reef in Australia has the richest coral
reefs, but that’s not true,” says Gosliner.
“It’s actually the countries in the Coral
Triangle (Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New
Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and
Timor-Leste) that have the richest coral
reefs in the world.
“For every group of animal that we are
studying here, we’ve found new species
already in the first three weeks of the expedition,” Gosliner tells IPS as his team prepares to explore the marine resources of
the Verde Island Passage, a 1.14 millionhectare area of water shared by various
coastal and island provinces.
Past research by scientists suggest that
the area is “centre of the centre” of marine
shorefish biodiversity. Scientific researchers say that it is home to more documented
species than any other marine habitat on
earth.
Gosliner estimates that they have already
discovered around a hundred new species
in all the areas of scientific study in the
expedition. But despite being one of the
“hottest of the hotspots” Gosliner says that
the biodiversity in the Philippines remains
relatively unknown. Scientists believe that
many new species remain to be discovered
in the country.
He adds that coral reefs are highly threatened in most places due to unsustainable
harvesting, pollution, rising sea temperature and ocean acidification.
Even as scientists continue their expedition
to discover new species, news reports surfaced that an entire reef complex twice the
size of Manila was decimated off the coast
of Cotabato, in the south of the country.
According to a news report in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, officials confirmed that
poachers harvested more than 21,000
pieces of black coral and killed 161 endangered turtles and other marine life.
The 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition
is the first expedition to make a comprehensive survey of both terrestrial and
marine diversity. From June, 2011, academy botanists, entomologists and marine
biologists have explored shallow-water
reefs, the deep sea, and terrestrial and
freshwater areas of the Philippines for new
life and documented the biodiversity of the
island nation.
The expedition aims to come up with an
assessment of the Philippines’ biodiversity
to help future conservation decisions and
policies. The academy is working with
government, local schools and conservation groups.
Dr. Wilfredo Licuanan, professor at the
De la Salle University, one of the expedition’s local academic partners, points out
the importance of studying the biodiversity because many species are already
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Unlike other countries where marine protected areas (MPAs) are uninhabited, here,
rows of diving resorts and communities
stretch across the shoreline. Lavish private
resthouses and resorts can also be found
on small pocket-sized islands.
Because of the threats, environmental
groups like Conservation International (CI)Philippines have been working with local
governments and communities to promote
the conservation of marine resources of
Verde Island Passage.
“We have been able to establish new
marine protected areas in coastal communities and provide training and support
to locals who make up Bantay Dagat (Sea
Watch) to help enforce laws in the MPAs,”
says Romeo Trono, executive director
of CI. According to Trono, there’s been a
marked improvement of 80 to 90 percent
from the 1980s, when the area was known
as a major hub for illegal fishing activities,
yet the area faces new threats because of
tourism.
Now, one of CI’s main concerns is to work
with other dive resorts and locals in the
area in terms of managing their waste.
“It’s a challenge to educate people on the
importance of biodiversity in promoting
healthy ecosystems,” he says. “We want
to show people how protecting the area
can lead to improvement in the quality and
quantity of resources in the future.”
But aside from discovering new species,
Gosliner says that what makes the expedition unique is that the team is also conducting educational outreach activities, while on
location, for students, teachers and local
government leaders to show the relevance
of biodiversity in their lives and the need to
protect it.
“Hopefully, we want the results of what we
do to help people living in mountain and
coastal communities to have a more
sustainable livelihood in the future,” he tells
IPS. “That there’s a way of utilising the
marine, agricultural and natural resources
and the richness of the biodiversity of the
Philippines to promote greater economic
development and sustainability for local
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ADVOCACY
Filipina
Au Pairs
Running for
Development
By Maria Magayon, Filipina Au Pair in Denmark
T
ypically, au pairs take on a share of
the host family’s responsibility for
childcare as well as some housework on a daily basis except on weekends,
while receiving the smallest salary in Denmark (correctly referred to as “allowance”,
ed.) For those who are not au pairs or who
have little knowledge about them, you may
wonder about how au pairs live outside
the realm of vacuuming, doing the laundry,
babysitting, grocery shopping, and other
housekeeping related chores. I hope you
do not underestimate au pairs because
they are not only good at housekeeping
and babysitting as we can now prove to
you with this story:
Last September 3, 2011, an event was
held in south Copenhagen. It was called
“A Fun Run For A Cause: A Project for
Street and Indigenous Children in the
Philippines. It was organized for the
benefit of the Virlanie Foundation Inc. and
Little Voices, Philippines, which are two
non-government organizations (NGOs)
based in the Philippines. The event was
anchored by Ma. Lourdes V. Magdasoc, a
social worker who works as an au pair with
a Danish host family in Rungsted Kyst.
The event was held in the nice and relaxing Amager Strandpark at Oresundsvej,
located five kilometers from the center
of Copenhagen and two kilometers from
Kastrup Airport. From the island there is
a nice view of the Swedish coast and the
Oresund Bridge. This was in cooperation
with Filipinsk-Dansk Gruppe (Filipino-Danish Group), St. Ann Parish Church Young
Adults (SAYA) whose active members
and leaders are also mostly au pairs
themselves, Willy Reyes, who is a Filipino
marathon enthusiast, colleagues and
some good hearted Danish friends and
co-members. Brian Hjort, who is Danish
and a founder of Father Founded Org, also
supported the event. For the past 20 years,
Father Founded Org has been working
with Amerasian children in Vietnam and the
Philippines; these Amerasians are among
tens of thousands of children fathered in
Vietnam by U.S. troops during the 19651973 war (for more information on Father
Founded Org, please check it out at www.
fatherfounded.org)
We Filipinos, as
individuals and as
a community, have
the ability to make
a difference, not
only doing housekeeping. We may
make a difference
regardless of our
socio-political
crisis, even by
means of our
Bayanihan spirit
or communal unity, which makes us all
proud and unique no matter where we are.
Sometimes, we may feel that there is so
much wrong with the world that we cannot
possibly make a difference, especially
because we come from a developing
country and some of us are “only” au pairs
in Denmark. But we can develop and
share our innate talents, skills and capacities and also be caring to our kababayans.
The world can indeed be changed even by
ordinary people, performing tiny, apparently inconsequential actions. The Bible
has a great deal to say about service
because the central theme of the Bible is
the Servant of All, Jesus Christ. As Mother
Theresa once put it, ``If you cannot feed a
hundred people, then feed just one.`` We
can do no great things, only small things
with great love.n
TRANSITION
First African woman Nobel laureate:
received a honorary Doctor of Laws,
honoris causa for her contribution
to the environment. At the podium to
read her lecture, a sea of admiring
eyes followed the petite twinkly eyed
lady wearing glasses, her abundant
hair wrapped in the same fabric as her colourful African dress. Her message was that of believing that change -yes, we can! - is possible.
But Wangare also had steely single-mindedness. And openness: she left with a copy of
our Abakada in her hands. It was a great loss
to women globally when she succumbed only
months later to ovarian cancer, from which she
has suffered for a long time. n
Wangare Maathai
A month before the announcement of this
year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners to 3 women
from the Global South, the environmentalist
Wangare Maathai, who garnered the Peace
Prize in 2004 for the Green revolution that she
brought to her native Kenya: millions and millions of trees, has passed away at age 71 last
Sept.25th.
www.facebook/.com/profWangareMaathai
I met Wangare Maathai on a warm July day at
the University of Copenhagen where she
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CONTINUATIONS
from page 12...
from page 24.
The most dangerous place...
Cervical Cancer...
with, or die of, cervical cancer has been cut down by
more than 50% compared to the 1940s when there
was no screening.
Best of all, the Pap smear is free and does not cost
women anything.
My recommendation is, if you receive that letter
about ‘screening for livmoderhalskræft,’ say ‘ja’ and
make an appointment with your doctor. The only
reason not to go is if you have never ever had sex:
the risk for cervical cancer is very low anyway, and
it might be very uncomfortable to have a speculum
inserted in the vagina. That is the ONLY exception.
If you have had sex in the past, or are currently in a
sexual relationship, and you are between 23 and 65
years old, you SHOULD have the test done. n
from page 13.
Filcom...
Judy painstakingly chewed peanuts to satisfy her famish and I, proving
to them that I was the strongest of them all, led the cleaning - putting the
chairs and tables in order, ready for the next day’s celebration. Dexter
and Chris packed away the sound system to a safe place. At 2:30 in the
morning, we were all home safe and sound.
On Sunday morning, the 12th of June, we were again up early for the
culmination of the two-day event. To illustrate the continuing success of
the event, we featured a video of the highly anticipated Independence
Speech by Philippine President Noynoy Aquino, aired through Youtube.
There were fewer guests this time, but they were all ears and the activity
made them feel the true spirit of Kalayaan (Freedom) even if they were
far from the shores of their motherland.
Yes, we did it again! I credit a number of FILCOM members: Babaylan
Denmark, Copenhagen Community Church (CCC), Filipino-DanishGroup ( FDG), Jesus is Lord (JIL), and PUGAD for their ability and courage to carry on in marking “Kalayaan ng Pilipinas 2011,” and for putting
in countless days and weeks and endless energy for unity and solidarity.
“As for the triumph of evil, it is necessary for us to ignore and do nothing”. n
remains that boys are assets and girls liabilities, not least because of the
cost of marrying them.
There are many other examples of how women suffer when cultural attitudes, tribal customs and religious practices routinely trump any rule of law
- girls may be pulled out of school, subjected to female genital mutilation,
forced into early marriage or banned from inheriting land.
In parts of Sudan, families stop girls going to secondary school or university because of traditional views that it makes them unmarriagable or that
they might run into trouble with boys.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is internationally recognised as a human
rights violation which can cause severe physical and psychological damage and even death. Yet an estimated 140 million girls and women have
undergone FGM worldwide and the practice is even on the rise in some
countries.
“Sometimes the least safe place for a woman is in her very own home,”
said the IRC’s Roesch.
That is as true in Democratic Republic of the Congo as elsewhere. A report
by The American Journal of Public Health estimates that 1,152 women are
raped in the DRC every day – that is 48 women every hour.
In many cases rape is being used as a weapon of war by both the Congolese military and rebel soldiers. But the study also suggests that domestic
violence and rape by spouses and partners is a growing problem.
In Afghanistan, there is still no law criminalising rape. Haiti only criminalised
rape in 2005. And Pakistan fails to recognise marital rape and severely
punishes women having sex outside marriage.
But some progress is being made, say gender specialists. For example,
India, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan have either passed or are in the process
of passing laws against domestic violence.
Pakistan has laws protecting working women from sexual harassment,
abduction and intimidation.
And countries including Namibia, Sierra Leone and Nicaragua have set up
special police units to handle cases of rape and domestic
abuse. n
from page 15..
Filipino In Global summet Summit...
network and Council before the second Global Diaspora Summit which
will be held in the Philippines in February 2013.
Remittances from the diaspora
from page 25.
Western Union...
• Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA)
AMOSUP negotiates for its members CBAs with ship-owners and
employers as social partners to maintain the continuous employment
of more Filipino seafarers.
• Grievance Procedure and Dispute Settlement
AMOSUP has established procedures and guidelines to resolve onboard or post-employment disputes through non-adversarial and civil
negotiations without severely affecting industrial relations. n
APAC
Pia De Lima: +852-9261-8155;
[email protected]
____________________________________
Source: International Chamber of Shipping, International Shipping
Federation
 Remittances from around 10 million Filipinos
living and working overseas provides support to
the peso, which is up nearly 3% this year, and
drives up consumption which is good for the economy.
 Remittances from overseas Filipino workers
climbed 6.3% in the first semester amid the political upheavals and the economic crunches in major
labor markets ,i.e. money sent home by Filipinos
reached $1.74 billion in June, or a total of $9.6 billion in the first six months of the year.
 The sustained demand for Filipino workers
helped offset the impact of uncertainties in the
Middle East, Northern Africa, as well as the economic slump in Europe.
 The remittance growth forecast is 7% this year,
but BSP Governor Amando Tetangco has said any
change in the estimate would not be great. n
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EVENTS
DIASPORA TO DEVELOPMENT:
GLOBAL SUMMIT OF FILIPINOS IN THE DIASPORA
Philippine International Convention Center,
Manila, Philippines
27-29 September 2011
Special Feature:
10 December 2011
from kl. 10:00 - 21:00
Foreningscenteret “Postkassen”
Amager Landevej 71, 2770 Kastrup
CHRISTMAS CAROL CONTEST
Convenors:
BABAYLAN-DENMARK ¤ CCC ¤ FAD ¤ FCCC ¤ FILIPINO HOUSE ¤ FILIPPINSK
DANSKE GRUPPE ¤ JIL ¤ MABUHAY ¤ MIGRANTE DENMARK ¤ FDC ¤ PUGAD ¤
ROOTS & WINGS ¤ OPEN GATE ¤ ST ANNE ¤ BAPTIST CHURCH ¤ SAYA ¤
BABAYLAN-DENMARK/ODENSE
Mask or costume required for entry.
Date: 5 Novemebr 2011
Time: 18:00 - 01:00
Venue: Birkum Forsamlingshus
Ørbækvej 713, Birkum, 5220 Odense SØ
Entrance Tickets pls contact Babaylan-Odense
Search for Best Costume is on! Win a prize!!!
SUMMER SPORT
TOURNAMENT
2011
06 August 2011
10:00 - 19:00
Bellevue Strand,
Strandvejen 340
Klampenborg
in memoriam
April Lei Villar Goki
April 22, 1986 - August 23, 2011
Join & win the tough
competition in Beach
Volleyball
for 2011
For more info visit:
www.babaylan.dk
Babaylan Facebook Page
01 September 2011
from 10:00-12:00
St. Anne Kirke
Dronning Elizabeth Alle 3
2300 Kbh S
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