Philippine Interests

PCOO TO HOLD ALL-MEDIA GATHERING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
By Presidential Communications Operations Office
CHICAGO (JGL) -- To be or not to be.
This is the question that the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) will try to resolve if the citizen journalists, commonly known as "Netizens and Bloggers" will be given access to the cover...

ERAP QUITS SMOKING, CITES ASTHMA
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – A prominent Philippine government official appears to have finally quit smoking.
An old friend of former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” E. Estrada found this out Thursday (Feb. 2, Friday, Philippine Time) when he ...

LOIDA LEWIS DENIES PLOT VS. DUTERTE
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – Filipino American lawyer Loida Nicolas Lewis denied Friday night a report in Politiko website that she is behind a
CARABAO AWARD
DR. AIDA RIVERA, chair of Region I of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations, accepts the Carabao Award on behalf of the members of her region for their hard work in successfully hosting the three-day 12th National Empowerment Conference of NaFFAA that culminate...
SOME MEDIA TYPES WITH VP
VICE PRESIDENT LENI G. Robredo (extreme right, seated) is joined by some media types, including Joseph G. Lariosa (extreme left, standing) of the Journal GlobaLinks, Cristina Dc Pastor (3rd from right standing, Founding Editor, The Fil Am) and Marivir Montebon (2nd from right, sta...
MEET-AND-GREET
VICE PRESIDENT LENI G. Robredo (center) accommodates her well-wishers, including Cindy Flores (to her right), former Illinois State Chapter chair of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations, during the meet-and-greet photo op along with New York Consul General Mario Lop...
SERENADING THE VP
MICHAEL DADAP, Conductor and Artistic Director of the Children’s Orchestra Society, accompanies with his guitar Kirby Asunto, Pop/ Broadway/Jazz/R&B singer based in New York, New York, as they entertain Vice President Leni G. Robredo with Visayan Medley at the Gala Night of the 12th...
TRAILBLAZER AWARDEES
BILLY DEC (2nd from right, left photo), CEO & Founder, Rockit Ranch Production and White House Commissioner on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, holds his Filipino American Trailblazer Award for building capacity to influence and promote change at the 12th National Economic Emp...