Expanded Collaboration to Offer Outbound and Inbound Money Transfer Services through Cebuana Lhuillier Mobile App MANILA, Philippines, September 06, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Western Union, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, and Cebuana Lhuillier, the largest and long-tenured micro-financial service provider in the Philippines, today announced the launch of digital money transfers to enable […]Read More
CALGARY — A downtown Calgary park was awash in a fiesta of fun, aimed at celebrating a vibrant portion of the city’s community. Fiesta Filipino began at Olympic Plaza on Saturday and organizers said the event was pulled off in just a short period of time. It’s all because COVID-19 restrictions made it difficult for […]Read More
Kobe Paras has been announced as the latest Filipino signing headed to the Japan B.League, joining six others under the Asian Player Quota. B.League club Niigata Albirex BB on Sunday posted on social media about the signing of the Paras for the 2021-2022 season. We are plesed to announce that we have signed with […]Read More
A new $15-million federal grant will help the work of local health researchers from the Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and Filipino communities. Each of these communities has disproportionately higher rates of physical ailments and mental health conditions compared to other ethnicities in Hawai‘i, as well as being underrepresented in the health sciences. The grant will […]Read More
MANILA, Philippines–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Philippine Airlines Inc. (PAL) announced today that it has entered into a series of agreements with substantially all of the Company’s lenders, lessors, and aircraft and engine suppliers, as well as its majority shareholder, to allow the Company to successfully restructure and reorganize its finances to navigate the COVID-19 crisis and emerge as […]Read More
(Anadolu photo) MANILA – No Filipino has been reported hurt as remnants of Hurricane Ida triggered massive flooding across the northeastern United States, including New York and New Jersey. “(There are) no reports yet of Filipinos affected in the 10 US Northeast states covered by the Consulate in New York City, although an advisory was […]Read More
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The Philippine Consulate in Dubai Image Credit: Gulf News Dubai: The countdown to the Philippine general elections is about to begin and the deadline for the Overseas Voters Registration (OVR) is on September 30. This is the reminder by Philippine Consul-General Paul Raymund Cortes as he urged his kababayans (compatriots) to exercise their right to […]Read More
Posted on: August 27, 2021, 10:27h. Last updated on: August 27, 2021, 12:00h. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte announced yesterday that the country is open to new casino developments. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte chats with the media during a COVID-19 update on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. The Filipino leader says, effective immediately, casino projects outside of […]Read More
When Bea Macapagal was writing her short film, Norah & Poppy, she already pictured who would bring the characters to life. Mackenzie and Daelyn De Zilva would portray Norah and Poppy, two young sisters who live with their Lolo (Filipino grandfather) after their mother suddenly dies. “When I was writing the script, I had always imagined my […]Read More