El Cerrito swears in its first Fil-Am, LGBT mayor

El Cerrito’s first Filipino-American and LGBT councilmember became the city’s first Fil-Am and LGBT mayor on Tuesday, December 19 during the reorganization of the city council at El Cerrito City Hall. In all of the city’s 100 year history, Gabriel Quinto is the third mayor of color.  Those before him were El Cerrito’s first African…

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Stevenson Van C. Derodar: a leader at heart with entrepreneurial skills

“Inspiration feeds the human soul…and Icons of Impact hopes to serve as a motivation for the young to challenge personal results and expectations…” – SVD The fourth among 6 siblings, it wasn’t difficult for his parents, Engineer Pancho V. Derodar and Romarica Cendrillon Derodar to rear young Stevenson Van C. Derodar for he was industrious,…

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Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Tulfo-Teo

Born in Kidapawan, Cotabato on November 4, 1952.  Wanda Corazon Tulfo-Teo graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Saint Theresa’s College in Quezon City. Teo started her modest professional career in the travel and tourism industry as a flight stewardess for Filipinas Orient Airways and Niugini for years.  After discovering how…

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Courtesy Call : Incoming Governor Deloso of Zambales

The Asian Journal Media Group made a courtesy call to the newly elected Zambales governor at his residence in Botolan, Zambales. The team is composed of (L-R) Business Development Officer, Greg Trinidad, Asian Journal Publisher, Roger Oriel, Office of the Governor Chief of staff, Ed Daos , Iba Barangay Captain, Nani Cortez and VP for Marketing…

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Mary Jean Lastimosa: True beauty that’s skin-deep

Out of the millions of ladies, one who hails from Mindanao’s war-torn provinces—North Cotabato, gained the right to have represented the Philippines at the 63rd Miss Universe Pageant. Among the 88 candidates, the country’s beautiful bet—27-year old Mary Jean “MJ” Lastimosa, is an epitome of an independent modern-day Filipina. Through the support of three scholarships,…

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Teaching History to the Fil-Am Youth Through Art

Something magical happened when Filipino-American muralist Eliseo Silva placed the first brush strokes on the Filipino mural in Historic Filipinotown back in 1995. “I felt a spark inside me,” Silva said to Asian Journal. “It was like something supernatural was coming over me.” From coast to coast, the history of the Philippines and Filipino-Americans is alive…

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Teaching History to the Fil-Am Youth Through Art

Something magical happened when Filipino-American muralist Eliseo Silva placed the first brush strokes on the Filipino mural in Historic Filipinotown back in 1995. “I felt a spark inside me,” Silva said to Asian Journal. “It was like something supernatural was coming over me.” From coast to coast, the history of the Philippines and Filipino-Americans is…

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Showcasing Filipino Talent Through Animation

HER Philippine based-company has worked on some of the world’s most famous video games – Call of Duty: Black Ops and Modern Warfare, Heavy Rain, Mortal Kombat, and Injustice: Gods Among Us. The company has dabbled in films too, working on projects such as the 2009 film, A Christmas Carol, and “others that have yet…

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The Race of His Life

Ultramarathoner Ben Gaetos Even the wind felt like a flamethrower was going through your face, he said. Despite the extreme circumstances, the 56-year-old, Manila born Gaetos finished “the world’s toughest foot race,” the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon last month, in 44 hours and 8 minutes. Gaetos, an Eagle Rock resident, said he’s the first Filipino to…

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A Small Innovation Reaps Big Rewards

A FILIPINO advertising agency found an innovative solution to the perennial problem faced by elementary school kids in the Philippines: carrying heavy textbooks. Elementary school kids in the Philippines have become susceptible to scoliosis or other physical ailments related to carrying such heavy books to school on a day to day. The solution? Old analog…

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Mabini, an inspiration to PWDs

MANILA, July 24 (PNA) –“Apolinario Mabini is an inspiration to persons with disabilities (PWDs).” Thus said Carmen Zubiaga in an interview with the Philippines News Agency (PNA) as she joined other people in witnessing the inauguration of the Apolinario Mabini Museum at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) Sta. Mesa Mabini Campus on Tuesday….

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Writing is Her Life

SOMETIMES there’s no explanation why people choose the profession they are in. It just happens as though it’s a blessing from God: a baseball pitcher with a 100-mile-per-hour fastball, or a concert pianist with a pair of dexterous fingers and a deft ear. If it’s in your heart, you just know it’s meant to be….

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