United States Senator and Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama extended his “warm wishes” to the Filipino nation as the country celebrated its 110th Independence Day, and expressed his appreciation of the Filipino-American community’s contribution to American society.
In a statement posted in his official campaign blog Friday (Thursday in the US), the presumptive US Democratic [...]
From being a tenant, Saturnina “Inday” Diez rose to become a landowner and a trader of agricultural products since she began her own business five years ago.
Inday is among those who started their business ventures with a small sari-sari store, as she wanted to augment her family’s income, which was mainly generated by her husband [...]
By RAQUEL BERNAL-CRISOSTOMO
ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Ten Filipino-Japanese children of Filipino mothers and Japanese fathers born out of wedlock have been granted the right to Japanese nationality according to the Japanese Supreme Court in a landmark ruling rendered on 4 June 2008, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.
Japan’s Supreme Court, voting 12-3, recently ruled unconstitutional a provision in [...]
Caloy Mapua shows off his winning entry (Photo credit/Lorenzo Mapua/Greenhills)
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KIEV - More than two hundred thousand people gathered Saturday under a downpour on Kiev’s Independence Square, the high place of Ukraine’s “orange revolution”, to hear a free concert by ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney.
The singer greeted the audience, which included former Ukrainian and actual Georgian presidents Leonid Kuchma and Mikheil Saakashvili, by the words in [...]
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