Overseas Filipino News

Jeroo Billimoria presented the Child and Youth Finance Movement at the Citi-FT Summit in a special address on December 5-6 in Manila, the Philippines.

The meeting gathered global policy-makers and experienced practitioners from the Asia region over the two days. The theme of this year's Summit was Financial Capability as a 21st Century Life Skill. The conference aimed to establish the case for financial capability as a critical compettency, and reflected the fundamental challenges in doing so.

Click here to find more information: www.financialeducationsummit.org

DATELINE Manila: 12-12-12 It is close to midnight of 12-12-12 and the world has not yet ended, although I am sure the thought had occurred to the helpless thousands in Mindanao who went through the nightmarish devastation wrought by the ruthless typhoon Pablo. They could feel their world was coming to an end.

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In this age of globalization, nothing could be more difficult for a Filipino living abroad than to work for the preservation of one’s own language and culture.  But Dr. Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo is not so easily discouraged.

As a multiawarded poet and playwright, her love for the Filipino language has found meaning and it remains a calling.  The first woman to join the Hall of Fame of the Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature, Ruth has made it her mission to promote Filipino worldwide.

Ruth was in Manila recently to pick up a plaque from President Aquino as a 2012 Presidential Awardee for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas, in the “Pamana ng Pilipino” category. It is conferred on Filipinos overseas who have brought the country honor and recognition through excellence and distinction in the pursuit of their work or profession.

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Inquirer Entertainment columnist Ruben Nepales won the Best Print Award at the 2012 Migration Advocacy and Media Awards for his book titled “My Filipino Connection: The Philippines in Hollywood” published by Anvil Publishing early this year.

The book, a compilation of success and inspiring stories of talented Filipinos, Filipino–Americans and Filipino-Canadians who made it to the Hollywood scene, was among 37 official entries.

Global Pinoys

Featured in Nepales’ book are Vanessa Hudgens, Charice, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Bernardo Bernardo, Cristeta Comerford, and Mikey Bustos—global Filipinos who represent the Philippines as a nation brimming with extraordinary talent, wisdom and perseverance.

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