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  • June is Motherland’s Month

    June is Motherland’s Month

    By: Veronica Leighton   Festive June activities get our adrenaline running in high speed as we jump from one party to another with Philippine Independence gala ball as the culminating event. June 12 has been the official holiday date for this historical celebration as was written by Joe Mauricio in his Objectively Harsh column on page 22, but it used to be celebrated every July 4th by the Filipinos for ...

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  • Beautiful Models of Estilo Filipino Fashion Show 2017

    Beautiful Models of Estilo Filipino Fashion Show 2017

    Top three Fashion Designers of the Philippines, Edgar Madamba, Richard Papa and Edgar San Diego showcased their spectacular haute couture and Philippine native ternos creations direct from the Philippines last May 19, 2017. Beautiful local Chicago models were selected and paraded, doing justice to the designers’ creations, on the runway of the prestigious Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace.  They are Lourdes Livas, Joi Hunter, Maxine Bacerdo, Melody Dizon, Kristen Marie Hilo, ...

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  • Our Country’s Polarization

    Our Country’s Polarization

    By: J0e Mauricio   The shooting at a congressional baseball practice was a ghostly example of the political polarization that is ripping this country apart. Political scientists have shown that the U.S. Congress is now more divided than at any time since the end of the Reconstruction period. The depth and nature of partisanship is simply so disturbing. People on the other side of the divide are not just wrong ...

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  • CPRTV (Chicago Philippine Reports TV) Interviews/Features…

    CPRTV (Chicago Philippine Reports TV) Interviews/Features…

    Veronica’s exclusive interview with former CPRTV Anchorperson Thelma Dumpit. Vacationing from the Philippines with her family (husband Roland Murillo, boys Tom, Nick & Matt), they made a breezy visit in Chicago and granted us an interview. She is now into managing a family farm, overseeing cashew nuts plantation and distribution of cashew vinegars from there. What an entrepreneurial lady! Joe Mauricio on a one-on-one interview with young Chef Matt Murillo ...

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