Bernadeth dela Cruz Artiado (visitor from Philippines), aunts Mariquit Divinagracia & Rhodora Gutierrez & friend Ciony.
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UPAAA Holds 19th Grand Reunion and Convention
by Johnny C. Ferrer, Ph.D., UPAA-NJ President The University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (UPAAA), with the University of the Philippines Alumni Association, New Jersey (UPAA-NJ) chapter as co-host, held its biennial 19th Grand Reunion and Convention at ...
Read More »Geralyn A. Jover-Ledesma 2018 President, UPAAGC
By: Ryan Tejero The University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Greater Chicago (UPAAGC) recently held its annual fundraising event, and was highlighted by a general membership meeting, election of officers and members of the board of directors, silent ...
Read More »Tis the Season of Giving: Pro Bono Legal Clinic for the Filipino Community
By: Janice Dantes I have lived in Chicago since the 1980s. Growing up in Jefferson Park, we were the only Filipinos on our block. I was also one of two Filipino children at my elementary school. Fast forward 30 years ...
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And the Winner Is . . . Strong Filipino Women
By: Bob Boyer The plan was to write this last article of 2017 as a review of the highlights from the articles of the past twelve months, starting with December, 2016. Quite to my surprise, four of the twelve ...
Read More »Memories of Leah D. Borromeo (10/05/1936—12/08/2017)
Dear Nanay, This is the first of many post-humous letters to you. Some will be long, others as short as the time we all think we had with you. There’s a Chinese saying about one’s mother that goes “for her, ...
Read More »Happy Family Holidays
By: Veronica Leighton Don’t you find yourselves just rushing much faster and finding the clocks ticking away double- time from Thanksgiving to Christmas? In our case, it always starts with our annual gala event, the Chicago Filipino Asian American ...
Read More »Mabuhay Restaurant breaks into mainstream market!
American Chef and television personality Anthony Bordaine predicted that “Filipino food is the next big thing in America”. The famous chef saw it coming. Mabuhay Restaurant is seeing and experiencing it happening. And for sure many other Filipino restaurants in ...
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