Dear Fellow Cavintinians,
The proposed Cavinti MEDICAL- DENTAL Mission on April 3, 2010 is fast approaching. I am leaving for Cavinti on March 22, 2010. Hence, this “paala-ala” again and the final one. Please spread the news to all Cavintinians. It is not that this has been forgotten, but I believe many Cavintinians have not read [...]
DALLAS, Texas, March 13, 2010 (AFP) – Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao easily defeated Joshua Clottey by unanimous 12-round decision to retain his World Boxing Organization welterweight title Saturday (Sunday in the Philippines) at Cowboys Stadium.
Pacquiao, who was recently named Fighter of the Decade, ran his win streak to 12 fights with a dominating performance.
Joshua Clottey [...]
Sonny C. Belleza
West Covina, CA
Cita and I were apparently excited going back to the Philippines for a short visit, specifically to stand as sponsors for a wedding. Days, or maybe even weeks before the actual trip, daydreaming took control of ourselves on eating sumptous servings of Filipino delicacies; numerous shopping sprees; exciting out-of-town trips and [...]
President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.
He sought to re-energise his embattled presidency with his address. He conceded that change has not come fast enough, and admitting further that he had failed to change Washington.
Pres. Obama also stated that American leaders faced [...]
MEDICAL DENTAL MISSION UPDATE
Our beloved Cavintinians:
We have been posting in the TIPAKAN about our Medical-Dental Mission in our hometown Cavinti, this coming April 3,2010.
Plans have been in progress and mother Espie, the superior of the Franciscan lady of the Poor will be in collaboration with us in this mission. We recieved her permission for [...]
The Philippines’ second solar car, Sikat, kicked off last January 12 for a 50-day tour across the country in a historic inaugural run. The road show is aimed at promoting the use of solar energy and preparing the team for the 2011 World Solar Car Challenge in Australia.
The tour will begin and end at the [...]
It’s a new tradition, the photo shoot. Though cameras had been around for the past 200 years, the cost of the film, developing and printing was prohibitive to many for a very long time.
Then, of course, for a very long time, portraits were always taken inside a studio. Natural lighting, which was hard to control [...]
Well wishers started arriving at David’s Restaurant around 4:30 PM. The sun was still high in the sky; we have not hit the fall equinox yet and we were still enjoying the last few days of relatively warm weather.
It was calm; you cannot hear a pin drop but it was relatively quiet in the sense that [...]
It was during Fall, on September 5, 2009 when Allyn Ace Agustin and Nina Ria Borja, daughter of Ningning Ansay Ortiz said their “I do’s” at the Cathedral Basilica St. Joseph in San Jose, California.
It was a traditional Filipino wedding – ninongs and ninangs, maid of honor and best man, the groomsmen and the bridesmaids, [...]
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).
