By NINGNING A. ORTIZ California Each day, life offers you a blank page in the book of your existence. Your past is already written and you cannot change that. In its pages you can find your history: some pages have soft colors, others, darker shades; beautiful remembrances of happy times or pages you wish you [...]
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received a mural from President Gloria M. Arroyo when he came to the country sometime in October for an international convention. The UN chief appreciated the gift greatly. He promised to put the mural in the UN headquarters in New York, a very great honor for the Filipino artists [...]
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: “I don’t believe that God exists.” [...]
The thousands of Filipinos living and working in Vienna, Austria were honored by the city government through a three weeklong “Das Philippinische Wien“ (The Filipinos in Vienna) program that would project the positive image of the Filipinos, not only in Vienna but also in Austria as a whole. Dr. Haydar Sari, chief of the Vienna [...]
Merlin Ansay Carlos and her husband Lorenzo Carlos went to the Vatican in Rome, Italy to commemorate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. They saw and heard the mass celebrated by His Holiness Pope John Benedict XVI. They said they felt holy affections implanted in their minds and hearts as a renewal of their marriage vows and [...]
Like his sister Jaimie Lelaine, Hans Guiret is a third generation Cavinti diaspora. An American by birth (Hans was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 2008), his mother Jeanette Guiret (nee Monillas) is the grandchild of Senen Villanueva de la Cruz, who up to today resides in Cavinti. Joel & Jeanette Guiret, together with their two [...]
The Cavintinians from the Bay Area in Northern California gave their last respect for the late Eddie C. Flores MD during the Wake (Viewing) on June16, 2009. They were Mr. & Mrs. Stan Ansay, Mr. & Mrs. Celing Bacsafra, Mr. & Mrs. Rolly Socorro and Ninng and Dee Ortiz. Those who attended the funeral the [...]
This is a beautiful story… you have read it before but it is worth re-reading. What goes around, comes around…. So true… Read to the end… A Beautiful Story.. The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked like she had [...]
President Barack Obama* took the oath of office — again — on Wednesday, out of what a White House lawyer described as “an abundance of caution.” “We believe that the oath of office was administered effectively and that the president was sworn in appropriately yesterday. But the oath appears in the Constitution itself. And out [...]
By Charlotte Flores-Gonzales I am Charlotte Flores Gonzales, Eddie’s eldest daughter. I wish I stand before you today under different circumstances to tell you about a man I dearly love. My Dad was born in a small province in the Philippines called Cavinti, Laguna. His real name was Leandro Abellino. But for some unknown reason, [...]
A native of Cavinti, Lucila C. Oblena spent all her working years as an educator, beginning as a classroom teacher in 1944, then a Guidance Counselor and retired as a school Principal. She is also the founder of CLOTA (Cavinti Laguna Overseas Teachers Association). She is the Editor of Tipakan.com (Cavinti Diaspora).
