The Woman in City Hall's Hot Seat
by Perla Paredes Daly
2002. In an exclusive interview with NewFilipina.com, Joy Valdez the first woman to become Mayor of Bacolod City, talks about women's advocacy… how she has held her ground in the male-dominated battlegrounds of Philippine politics… and how, as a woman, she has stayed centered and true to who she is.
(06/07/03)
Planet Named After Award Winning Filipina Teacher
by Ma. Diosa Labiste, Philippine Inquirer
Bouquets of flowers, a motorcade, convocation and citations from local officials have greeted a science teacher who won the prestigious Intel Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award.
A thunderous beat of the Ati-atihan drums greeted Josette Talamera Biyo, 44, of the Philippine Science High School when she landed at the Iloilo Mandurriao Airport here on Monday.
Follow the above link for this news. Also check out these links to confirm this story further:
2002 Intel ISEF Excellence in Teaching Award: http://www.intel.com/english/education/sections/isef/excellence.htm
Minor Planet Names: Alphabetical List
This is an alphabetical listing of the names of the numbered minor planets. It was last updated on 2003 Jan. 7: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html#B (02/05/03)
The New Woman at Cavite
by Ellen Hayes in an 1899 issue of The Woman's Journal
Warrior spirit of Filipino women. A short article by an American woman about Filipinas in Cavite who petitioned Aguinaldo to bear arms and take part in the war against Americans occupying the Philippines after the Spanish-American war. The writer points out that even as the women in the U.S. are calling for the right to vote Philippine women call for the right to defend their nation.
In the Paris Treaty, Spain, a fading imperial power ceded the Philippine Islands along with Puerto Rico and other territories to the new risinig wanna-be-will-be-an-Empire, the United States. During that time, the U.S. campaign to colonize other lands had its opposition in the United States by anti-imperialist groups that included the insights and voice of Mark Twain. Boondocks.net brings you more articles on this movement so check out the site for more great information on this historical time of Philippine-American relations. (02/02/03)
Inspirational
Woman, Cory Aquino
by Yashmine Eugenio, an article found at http://binibini.dekarabaw.com.
A Few Links About Cory Aquino:
Filipina
Congresswoman Liza Maza of Bayan Muna
Filipina Congresswoman Liza Maza of Bayan Muna is a member of the Philippines
House of Representatives. Congresswoman Maza is a crusader for women’s
and human rights. Her legislative work includes increasing the countries
hourly wage, and improving benefits for workers. Previously, she served
as the Secretary General of GABRIELA (The Philippines’ national alliance
of women’s organizations), initiating the global Purple Rose campaign
to expose and fight the human trafficking of Filipino women and children.
(10/18/02)
Back
to the Future
compiled by the Women's Feature Service in the Philippines
Visit this page at the Philippine Daily Inquirer's web site to read
up on how women of the Phil. islands had equal rights before the Spaniards
arrived. Take a look at history from a woman's perspective and see what
a better world we live in, thanks to our woman warriors then and now.
(07/30/01)
Inspiring
Females
brought to you by FemaleNetwork.com
FemaleNetwork.com, one of the first Philippine produced site for Filipinas,
brings you their monthly feature of Philippine based phenomenal Filipinas.
(02/25/01)
Serving
up Justice
by Wilma Consul. Entrepreneur Irma Bautista bounces
back from a fatal abusive marriage, Nov. 1998 (Pinay
Ngayon Highlight Feature - Filipina Today Highlight)
Filipina
Makes It To Sundance
Press Release, February 2001
Producer Christina DeHaven's film "3D" is opening short film selection
at Sundance Film Festival 2001. (02/20/01)
Loida
Nicolas Lewis
Business Woman, Lawyer, Author. June1999.
Bamboo
Girl (Sabrina Margarita Alcantara-Tan)
by Karen Kim of the New York Village Voice, Sept. 1998
Filipinas
in the Galeria Poetry Room and Art Hall:
Eileen Tabios; Mary
Ann Ubaldo; Geejay
Arriola; Lia Relova,
more!
Unforgettable
Women of the Century
From the People Weekly special issue, featured are Filipinas
Imelda and Cory among other famous and notorious women such as Oprah,
Earhart, Onassis, Sr.Teresa, Lady Di, Mata Hari, Joan Crawford, Nov.
1998
Other Links to Filipinas who make us proud:
Gliceria Marella-Villavicencio
Gliceria was a brave women of the Revolution. A tireless, conscientious and dauntless woman, the Revolutionary government named her Madrina-General de las Fuerzas Revolucionarios (Matriarch-General of the Revolutionary Forces). This is a link to a Herstory feature in the Salidumay web site . (01/05/00)
Journalism:
Filipina Photographer Wins Pulitzer
by Philippine Daily Inquirer
Cheryl Diaz Meyer is the fourth Filipino to win a Pulitzer Prize. Meyer joined journalists with US military forces in Iraq in 2003 and with her daring and bravery to do her best work in photo journalism, won a Pulitzer Prize for photography, sharing the honor with a colleague from the Dallas Morning News. Click link for details. (10/13/04)
Charie Ginete-Ilon, Ilongga Ka Day!
by Star Life
BS-CBN Bacolod TV won four KBP Golden Dove Awards at the awards rites in Manila on Dec. 13.
A major winner was "Ilongga ka 'day! Host," Charie Ginete-Ilon, who won the Best Provincial Talk Show host award.
Ilon was awarded as Best Provincial Talk Show Host for her objectivity, integrity and credibility, both in her professional and private life, a press release from the station said yesterday.
Her program, "Ilongga ka' day" was also nominated as Best Talk Show program - provincial category. IKD's production staff include executive producer Dot Amisola, associate producer Dessa Alinsasaguin, director Barney Molina and editor Rene Jun Ogapong. (07/30/04)
Maria Durant of WSYX6 Fox News
Maria received an award for Best Spot News from the West Virginia Associated Press and Best Continuing Coverage of a story. A member of the Asian American Journalist Associastion and an associate member of RTNDA, she worked for WOWK-TV in Charleston, WV, for WDTV in Clarksburg, WV , and for WHIZ in Zanesville. Click for more details. (07/10/04)
New York TV Journalist Ernabel Demillo
Filipinas Magazine article.
Professionals:
Amy Chaves, Teacher of Philosophy
A gem of a web site tucked away for purposes of her students. A good number of her articles are found here on various topics such as love, leadership, sexuality, and identity.
A delight to find! (03/22/03)
Cecilia Pagkalinawan
The AWIB 2000 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award
Cecilia Pagkalinawan is recognized in an article by the Philippine News publication in the U.S. to be the most successful Filipino American web entrepreneur. She founded her own successful dot com, BoutiqueY3K.com.
Alley media has recognized her as one of the “10 Hottest Entrepreneurs under 30.” Cecil has also been featured in the U.S.-based Industry Standard and Vogue magazine.
She has also co-founded Mouse (Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools and Education) which is a pioneering volunteer group of over 500 Silicon Alley executives. Mouse is dedicated to improving technology in the educational system and to helping prepare youth for a future in new media, business and technology.
Cecilia immigrated with her parents to US when she was eight and still speaks Tagalog fluently. She graduated from Hofstra University, likes to eat at “turo-turo”.
Click the link above for more details about this inspiring Filipina in Asian Women in Business(AWIB). (03/01/03)
Katipunero Celia Ruiz Tomlinson
Celia Ruiz Tomlinson has had an amazing professional career. After starting her professional engineering company Rhombus P.A. in New Mexico, she has received numerous awards for her work namely the Minority Entrepreneur of the Year by the National Park Service and Asian Business Women Entrepreneurial Leadership Award in New York. . . (02/15/03)
Eileen Tabios, Poetess
NYC Poetess, former Wall Street Financier
Ardith Ibañez, Web Designer
Ardith is an accomplished U.S. based web designer and has published several U.S. books on designing for the web. Aside from that, she also is busy with her design firm Akimbo Design and does top rate web sites for highprofile companies. Her works with Akimbo have also been featured in other web design books such as Deconstructing Web Graphics.2 and Macromedia, the foremost software company for interactive design, has commissioned Akimbo for more than a few presentation pieces. Here are just two of her web sites: www.akimbodesign.com and www.htmlartistry.com.
Cristina Peczon, Journalist and TV Show Host
Crisitna is a well-known face on Philippine national TV. Her pet projects like the cool XYZ tv show for young adult Filipinas is about awareness and life-learning. www.iconn.com.ph/cristina/ and www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Studio/5920/xyz.html
Writers, Poets, Artists:
Maria Madonna Davidoff, Artist
Maria Madonna Davidoff has exhibited her beautiful artwork in the Philippines, Europe, and major metropolitan cities in the U.S. Not only does she create beautiful masterpieces (canvas, ceramics, stationeries) she also has a very comprehensive website. People can view her collections online and find out about future exhibits. (06/18/03)
Familiar Figures (Julie Lluch, Filipina Sculptor and artist daughters...)
by Ria Mendoza @ www.herword.com
When Julie married known painter Danny Dalena, she had no idea that she was going to be an artist herself. The need to express herself creatively surfaced with time. She would steal into her ex-husbands studio to get some materials and paint. "It was one of my very early paintings," she waves her hand towards the painting, "I wanted to be a painter until Danny said 'No, one painter in the family is enough.'" That proved to be one of destiny's finer strokes. "I wouldn't have discovered sculpture if I was not prohibited from painting," she amusedly recalls. After seeing a potter demonstrate his craft on TV, Julie was inspired to do the same. The next day, she and then husband Danny went out to buy a sack of clay and everything rolled from there.
After giving birth to her second daughter, Aba, Julie formally became a sculptor. She juggled her responsibilities as a wife and mother of two in between housework... (06/10/03)
Ma. Evelina Galang
Philippine American Writer of best-selling novels. (05/23/03)
The Making of a Playwright: An Interview with Thelma Virata De Castro
by Kat Avila, Jade Magazine
Thelma's play The Goddess of Flowers premiered June 1-30, 2002, at the San Diego Asian American Repertory Theatre.
Thelma has written over ten plays* to date and her work is archived at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, within the Roberta Uno scripts collection of Asian American women playwrights which dates back to 1924. (02/02/03)
Pacita Abad
PACITA ABAD is an international artist, who was born in the Philippines and for the past 20 years has lived and painted in Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America and Africa. Take a look at her very cool, very artsy web site. Wow! (01/05/03)
Josie
Natori, Fashion Designer
Josie Natori began her career as an investment banker.
After graduating college, she went straight to work for Bache Securities.
Her rise was swift. She left Bache for Merrill Lynch, and by age 27,
she was a vice president of investment banking. In 1977, Natori felt
unchallenged in the world of banking and turned her attention to fashion.
She landed a contract with Bloomingdales and her career took off. Natori's
designs focus on lingerie and daywear. She is the founder and CEO of
Natori
Company.
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Filipina novelist
Lia Relova
Writer, poet and artist.
Gina
Mariano
Professional Ballet Dancer
Mary Grace Bertulfo
Writer
AKDA - Philippine Literature
Started by Ria-Roncales Goodwin. Essays and write-ups by Filipinos. Thoughtful and intelligent.
Entertainment:
One Voice
Visit this site to see the R&B Filipina American singing group. (02/18/04)
The Lea Salonga Homepage
Lea Salonga is perhaps the most popular Filipina celebrity in cyberspace. A recent Filipino Express search turned up nearly 30 sites devoted to her alone! But unlike many of those sites, which are not regularly updated, this one is stable and offers links to other Salonga sites that track the Ms. Saigon star's career.
Awesome: Pops Fernandez!
Sharon Cuneta: Megastar Online!
Movers and Shakers:
Filipina Wins International Speaking Competition
by Globalpinoy.com
Patricia Evanglista wins international competition as the "2004 Best Public Speaker Winner" in London! Click here to read more about her and her winning speech... This Filipina makes her Philippine brothers and sisters proud. (6/13/04)
Filipina Astronaut Out There!
Irene Mora makes every Filipino proud as she chooses to represent the Philippines when she goes to space. Read more news by clicking the above link. (08/19/04)
Mums at work
Mum at work was created by mother of threee Candy Gourlay in the hope of inspiring other mums to indulge their creative urges in between shopping, cleaning, ironing, washing, fetching, carrying, burping, potty-training, tidying, ring-a-ring-a-rosing, yelling, scolding, kissing, cuddling, cooking and driving. Candy hails from the Philippines and is now based in the United Kingdom. (03/17/04)
Alice P. Bulos
by Anheiser Bush
Recognition for Fil-Am community leader Alice P. Bulos. We have her to emulate and be inspired by. (01/18/04)
The Woman in City Hall's Hot Seat
by Perla Paredes Daly
2002. In an exclusive interview with NewFilipina.com, Joy Valdez the first woman to become Mayor of Bacolod City, talks about women's advocacy… how she has held her ground in the male-dominated battlegrounds of Philippine politics… and how, as a woman, she has stayed centered and true to who she is.
(06/07/03)
Clemencia Lopez
web page published by Jim Zwick
In 1902, a Filipina of intelligence, courage, articulateness, and love for family and country speaks to women in the United States of Philippine women's equality and our struggle for independence.
Here is are the words of an extraordinary woman who lived in the Philippines and spoke up for her country more than a century ago.
We can learn much from her words. (08/26/03)
Mothers of Courage
by Dennis Espada, Bulatlat.com
While many of us preoccupy ourselves with the daily woes of life and our personal goals, haven’t we stopped and thought for a while of the mothers who gave up their lives, even offered their own blood, for the sake of the greatest mom of all - the Motherland? (05/23/03)
Irene Santiago - Pioneering Woman Activist
A brief bio of a woman who has made large strides for women in the Philippines and in Asia. (02/10/00)
Filipino Women in Politics and Governance
This website is maintained by the Ugnayan ng Kababaihan sa Pulitika. It aims to primarily provide full and up-to-date information on the total dimension of the issue of greater participation of Filipino women
in politics and governance. In this regard, the website hopes to serve as a venue for on-line information exchange, discussion and debate on
pressing issues, theory, strategy and tactics, agenda, etc. among and between policy-makers, advocates, winners, candidates, voters – all the
stakeholders concerned with advancing women in politics and public policy.
(01/26/00)
Some Cory Aquino Links
Homepages:
Maida's Web Page
What It Means to be a Filipina in America
Edessa Ramos
A talented Filipina in Switzerland finds purpose.
Filipinas We Admire
Here is a Forum where we can talk about Filipinas that we admire. A politician, a celebrity, or a historical figure? Your mother, Lola, sister or daughter...share with us the stories about the women you love and look up to. Let's give tribute to the ordinary Filipinas who never get interviewed, published or come out on television, but who nevertheless are great and awesome in our eyes. Click here.
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