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ENFiD all set for Filipino diaspora global summit in Manila




BERN, SWITZERLAND-    The newly formed European Network of Filipino Diaspora or ENFiD is all set for the Second Global Summit of Filipinos in the Diaspora on February 25-27, 2013 at the Hotel Dusit Thani in Manila.

The official ENFiD delegation of  some ten representatives will be led by its chair Gene Alcantara of the UK. The others will come from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Italy.

On the second day of the summit, Alcantara will  report on the ENFiD’s formation  after  a Europe-wide summit held in Rome in September last year, and on ENFiD’s formal setting-up in Valletta, Malta last month.  

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Pinay nurse, special mention sa State of the Union Address ni Obama

Pinarangalan ni US President Obama ang pagiging huwaran ng isang Pinay nurse sa oras ng kalamidad sa kanyang talumpati.

Pebrero 18, 2013 - Sa napakahalagang State of the Union Address ng US President Barack Obama ay isang Filipina nurse ang special mention sa talumpati nito kamakailan.

Katabi ni First Lady Michelle Obama at ni Jill Biden, asawa ni VP Joe Biden si Menchu De Luna- Sanchez, ang nurse na Pilipina na nagligtas sa 20 sanggol ng neo-natal intensive care unit (ICU) ng New York University’s Langone Medical Center habang nananalanta si Hurricane Sandy.

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European network for Filipino diaspora sets up formal structures in Malta

VALLETTA, MALTA-  A new network of  Filipinos in Europe has set up formal mechanisms in a meeting here over the weekend, less than four months after the same groups met for a diaspora conference in Rome.

Representatives from 7 European countries elected the officers of the European Network of Filipino Diaspora or ENFiD  and formed its constitution and bylaws in a meeting at the Dar L-Emigrant Office here in the Maltese capital Valletta.

 Gene Alcantara, a UK-based lawyer, was elected ENFiD chair; while Rohlee de Guzman (Netherlands) was elected vice-chair;  along with Marison Rodriguez (Czech Republic) as secretary; Renee Ikdal (Norway) as treasurer; and Diomedes Eviota (Switzerland) as communications director.  All compose the Board of Directors to include Monsignor Jerry Bitoon (Italy) and the appointed non-country representative, Ms. Marie Luarca-Reyes as the ENFiD Executive Director.

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“Greece, halos yapakan ang human rights” Amnesty International

"Dahil sa kasalukuyang sitwasyon sa Greece, ang European Union ay hindi karapat-dapat sa Nobel Peace Prize"

Athens, Disyembre 21, 2012 - Ang hindi patas na pagtingin ng mga awtoridad sa mga migrante at sa mga humihingi ng political asylum sa bansang Greece ay hadlang upang matanggap ng EU ang Nobel Peace Prize.

Ang mapait na anunsyo ay ayon sa isang kinatawan ng Amnesty International, sa isang press conference sa Athens.  Dahil sa kasalukuyang sitwasyon ng mga migrante sa Greece, ang European Union ay hindi karapat-dapat sa Nobel Peace Prize na nagtataglay ng mas mababa kaysa internasyonal standard ng human rights.

Ang Greece ay nangangailangan ng tulong ngunit dapat ring tanggapin ang kanyang mga pananagutan, " ayon kay John Dalhuisen, direktor ng programa ng Amnesty for Europe and Central Asia. Pagkatapos ay ipinaliwanag ni Dalhuisen nang detalyado ang kawalan ng kakayahan ng mga awtoridad sa bansang Greece, kawalan ng tamang pamamaraan sa pagbibigay ng political asylum, ang pagsasaalang-alang ng 20 kaso lamang sa loob isang linggo at kawalan ng tamang paraan ng pagharap sa mga agresyon laban sa mga imigrante

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Bronze medal inuwi ng PH team mula sa World Memory Championship

Nag-uwi ng bronze medal ang Philippine memory team sa ginanap na 2012 World Memory Championships (WMC) sa Lilian Baylis Technology School, Vauxhall London noong Disyembre 14 hanggang 16.

Pangatlo ang bansang Pilipinas sa dalampu’t apat na bansang lumahok sa torneo tulad ng USA, China, Poland, Norway, Indonesia, Singapore at Australia.

Ang PH team ay binubuo ng anim na lalaki at limang babaeng may edad 11 hanggang 39-anyos.

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