I don’t write too many profiles nowadays. This particular article that I wrote for Filipinas Magazine actually took eight months to germinate in my “to-do” list before it even saw print. Well, it was worth the wait. I wrote this story because I wanted to highlight the entrepreneurial experiences of our successful Filipino American business […]
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WOMEN IN FOCUS – Work & Life by Lorna L. Dietz
August 23, 2005: Introducing The New Principal
This is the scenario.
You are a brand-new student at Silver Creek High School this week in San Jose, California. You have already made your acquaintance with Thelma Boac, Principal, before the official “first day at school.” Mrs. […]
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SAN FRANCISCO–For the past 10 years, Bernardo Bernardo has been popularly known as a comedian in the highly-rated Philippine TV series “Home Along Da Riles,” playing the arch-nemesis of Dolphy — the legendary Charlie Chaplin of the Philippines.
His irreverent sense of humor charmed and provoked an international Filipino audience, accentuating a “tongue-in-cheek” outlook on […]
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ANTON VALERA QUISUMBING
Sculptor
“We can mold and manipulate stone and metals to the extreme,” Anton Quisumbing explains as he ends his working day preparing for the “Simbahan” (Churches) exhibit at the Social Hall of the Philippine Consulate General’s office in San Francisco. The miniature facades of Philippine churches, chosen for their aesthetic and virginal, restorative […]
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As one drives along the Calaveras Boulevard corridor in Milpitas, California, a sparkling, brand-new, architectural jewel looms into view — a 57,000 square-foot building that the city’s political decision makers call “home” and the residents proudly display as the hub of a community’s social, cultural, and economic power base. This is the Milpitas City Hall, […]
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