When Teresita Sy-Coson was 5 years old her maternal grandfather, who owned a small shoe store in downtown Manila, would take her to the bank as part of his daily business routine. […]
The Sky’s The Limit for Teresita Sy-Coson
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Sky’s the Limit for Teresita Sy-Coson When Teresita Sy-Coson was 5 years old her maternal grandfather, who owned a small shoe store in downtown Manila, would take her to the […]
Flags of Our Fathers
Tens and thousands of abandoned Filipino Amerasians have grown up in poverty and under a cloud of shame. Now that the United States is pivoting towards Asia once again, the fear is […]
Sunlight-powered ‘bulbs’ made from plastic bottles light up homes
Click Here For Original Post The Liter of Light project was launched six months ago by the My Shelter Foundation, a Philippines-based NGO which aims to provide light to 1 million of the roughly […]
Philippines floods: ‘We were praying God should stop the rise of the water’
Click Here For Original Post It’s been three days since one of the worst storms ever to hit the Philippines‘ southern island of Mindanao left unprecedented death and destruction in its wake. Rescue […]
Philippines floods: victims tell of panic as wall of water hit cities
Click Here For Original Post Devastating flash floods have drowned hundreds of people in their beds in two southern Philippine cities. Twelve hours of heavy rain from a tropical storm swelled rivers […]
OFW children realize their dreams
Ten Filipino college students took their place on stage early this month as winners in Bank of the Philippine Island’s 2011 Search for Outstanding Expat Pinoy Children. The winners of this search […]
Philippines: a lesson on education
Click Here For Original Post Distance learning, free school meals and child-centered learning techniques in the Philippines are pushing the country closer to the goal of universal primary education. The Philippines has 90 million people living on […]
Kick Start
This year’s homeless world cup in Paris gave hundreds of men and women a brighter outlook on life. The Eiffel tower looms large behind them as the eight men representing the Hong Kong […]
Gagosian Gallery
Art lovers visiting Hong Kong now have a new place to indulge their quest for top artworks. New York’s Gagosian Gallery, known for representing many of the world’s most important modern and […]
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