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THE Maharlikang Pilipino USA will hold a Mother and Daughter Fashion Show on November 25.
This was announced by Maharlikang Pilipino USA founder and executive producer Danny C. Pagsambugan during his birthday celebration at Pucini Restaurant in Jersey City on Sept. 8.
Pagsambugan also announced his plans for the 2007 Search for Maharlikang Pilipino USA Calendar Models and the first Body Shot search in collaboration with the Fashion Designers Association of the Philippines (FDAP).
Edgar San Diego is the current president of FDAP, with Richard Papa as project manager.
The top 5 winners will be selected on March 3, 2007. They will represent Maharlikang Pilipino USA to the various beauty pageants.
The top prize winner will represent Maharlikang Pilipino USA to the Body Shots; the first runner-up will compete in the Mutya ng Pilipinas; Second runner-up will represent Maharlikang Pilipino USA to the Miss Earth Philippines; third runner-up will compete in Miss Global Tourism; and fourth runner-up will proceed to join the Bb. Pilipinas of the World in Toronto, Canada.
For male contestants, the top five winners will also represent Maharlika USA to various competitions in the Philippines such Body Shots, Maharlikang Pilipino, Manhunt International in Busan, Korea, and- Mr. Philippines in Toronto, Canada.
The top two winners are guaranteed to become fashion models in the Philippines. They will trained by the Fashion Designers Association of the Philippines ( FDAP).
For more information, call: Danny Pagsambugan (201) 925-0961, (551) 580-0710; Joel Adriano ( 718) 639-5108; Erno Hormillosa ( 917) 528-3931.
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WILSON C. Verzosa, an active Filipino-American community leader in the East Coast, has been named as one of the honorees of the most prestigious “2006 Twenty Outstanding Filipino-Americans (TOFA) in the United States and Canada”.
Wilson will represent the state of New Jersey and will be honored along with 19 other awardees from California, Texas, Maryland, Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Chicago, Washington, Nevada, Ohio, Virginia, Arizona, Missouri, Wisconsin, Delaware, Alabama, New York, and Canada during the formal presentation in a Gala Banquet and Ball on Friday @ 7:00PM, September 22, 2006 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington D.C.
TOFA awardees are selected and invited to come and be honored for three days of festivities at the nation’s capital - Washington, D.C.
The Outstanding Filipino-American award will be presented by the Fil-Am Image and National Press Club which aims to honor the awardees’ exemplary service to the community and to serve as an inspiration to others, especially the Filipino youth abroad and in the Philippines.
The award is given every two years to well-deserving Filipino Americans who highlight positive Filipino image and actively involve in the community.
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NEW YORK CITY -- The Philippine Forum, together with the American Coalition of Filipino Veterans (ACFV) and The General Douglas McArthur American Legion Post 1920 will hold a townhall meeting to generate support for the family reunification efforts of Filipino World War II veterans.
With Congress stalled on the immigration reform debate, a proposal granting priority to adult children of Filipino World War II veterans may also be put on hold.
The Townhall Meeting will be held at the Kalayaan Hall at the Philippine Forum office, 54-05 Seabury Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 (Trains V/G/R to Grand Avenue), on September 10, at 2:00 pm. The public is invited to attend.
The Senate comprehensive immigration reform bill Senate Bill 2611 contains an amendment introduced by Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) that would facilitate the reunification of naturalized WW II veterans in the US with their children from the Philippines.
This amendment was unanimously approved by the Senate. The House of Representatives, on the other hand, has a similar bill, H.R. 901, introduced by Rep. Edward Case (D-HI).
With the ruling GOP still fractured over the issue of legalizing some 11 million undocumented immigrants, some proposals that could benefit the Filipino community such as the immigration priority to WW II vets’ families may be at risk.
“We need to see what we can do to keep the family reunification proposal for WW II vets alive in light of the troubled immigration reform efforts.” said Robert Roy, executive director of the Philippine Forum. “Many of our veterans are in their mid-80s. The least we can do is take up the fight for them.”Roy said.
“This family reunification proposal for our WW II vets is long overdue,” said Julia Camagong, Philippine Forum co-executive director.
“The least we can do for our WW II heroes is to work to have their family by their side at this point in their lives,” she added.
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