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Pang-Sports pa!

17 May

Everyone is invited to Casa Asia’s conference on the role of sports in social cohesion. Our very own Elmer Dimayuga, who established a Taekwondo school in Barcelona, will be one of the speakers.

The talk will be held on 23 May, Wednesday, 7 p.m. at Auditori Tagore, Casa Asia, Avenida Diagonal, Barcelona.

To know more about the event and the speakers, you may download this document: esports

Semana Santa sa Barcelona

1 Apr

Parroquia Personal Filipina

La Inmaculada Concepción y San Lorenzo Ruiz

HOLY WEEK ACTIVITIES

APRIL 01, 2012 – Linggo ng Palaspas (Palm Sunday))

          9:30 a.m. – Bendisyon ng Palaspas (Plaza San Agustin)

       10:00 a.m. – Misa ng Sambayanan

         5:30 a.m. – Bendisyon ng Palaspas (Plaza San Agustin)

         6:00 p.m.- Misa ng Sambayanan

APRIL 02, 2012 – Lunes Santo (Holy Monday)

          8:30 p.m. – Pambayang Rekoleksyon (Guest Priests)

                               - Kumpisalang Bayan (Confession)

APRIL 03, 2012 – Martes Santo (Holy Tuesday)

          8:30 p.m. – Pambayang Rekoleksyon (Guest Priests)

                               - Kumpisalang Bayan (Confession)

APRIL 04, 2012 – Miercoles Santo (Holy Wednesday)

          8:15 p.m. – Nobena – Ina ng Laging Saklolo

          8:30 p.m. – Pambayang Rekoleksyon at Misa (Guest Priests)

                               -Kumpisalang Bayan

APRIL 05, 2012 – Jueves Santo (Holy Thursday)

           6:00 p.m. – Misa ng Huling Hapunan (Last Supper)

                                – Paghuhugas ng Paa (Washing of the Feet)

APRIL 06, 2012 – Viernes Santo (Holy Friday)

           9:30 a.m. -Via Crucis (Montjüic) Pagtitipon: Teatro Plaza Molino, Paralelo

           6:00 p.m. – Pag-alaala sa Kamatayan ng Panginoon

                                – Pagsamba sa Krus

APRIL 07, 2012 -Vigilia ng Pagkabuhay

           6:00 p.m. – Bendisyon ng Bagong Apoy at Kandilang Paskal

                                -Pagbasa ng Salita ng Diyos

                                -Bendisyon ng Bagong Tubig at Pagsariwa ng Pangako ng Binyag

                               - Misa ng Pagkabuhay

APRIL 08, 2012 – Linggo ng Pagkabuhay (Resurrection Sunday)

             9:00 a.m.- Salubong (mula sa C. Junto de Comercio

                                    at L’Arc de Plaza San Agustin)

            10:00 a.m. – Misa (Tagalog)

            11:30 a.m. – Misa (con la Parroquia San Agustin) Castellano

              6:00 p.m. -Misa (Tagalog)

               7:30 p.m. -Easter Party ng Sambayanan (Plaza San Agustin)

Pinoys on Facebook Oppose Barcelona Consulate Closure

31 Jan

4000 members and counting.

This is the number of Filipinos that comprises a group in Facebook, which opposes the closure of the Philippine Consulate in Barcelona.

The group called “NO to Closure of Philippine Consulate General in Barcelona. YES to Pubic Service!“ was created last Monday, 23 January, and within just a week  more than 3000 members have already joined.

The social media has been used by the Filipino community in Spain as a democratic platform where they can express their reactions towards the decision of the government to close down the four-year-old Consulate.

Aquí no (Translated literally in English: Not here). Courtesy of Barcelona Exposure Club.

Many members of the group unanimously express the need for a full time Consulate in Barcelona especially now that the population in the areas of Catalonia and Balearic Islands have been continuously increasing given the privilege the Philippines has over family reunification in Spain.  Barcelona and Tarragona also have important ports where most ships manned by Filipino seafarers dock. Ibiza in the Balearic Islands and the nearby principality of Andorra are also home to large Filipino communities. All in all, there are more than 20,000 Filipinos who will be affected by the closure of the Philippine Consulate.

Some members of the group cannot contain their disappointment and despair over the decision. One asked: “don’t abandon us in the middle of the (Spanish economic) crisis…we will be strayed like orphans.”

Another member claims this decision as “injustice since we fought to have it established and there no was no consultation whatsoever (with the Filipino community)”

“Why not cut cost, instead of closing it down?”, another member suggested and enumerated ways to cut costs such as doing away with the Mercedez Benz (used by the Consulate) and first class trips and cut on per diem expenses among others. One added that cost cutting should not start with services rendered by simple hardworking staff but it should start with public officials.

One member suggested that the Filipino community could invite public officials from the Philippines to come to Barcelona to see for themselves how the Filipino migrants live and how much workload of the consular staff have here.  “It’s so easy to give mandate without experiencing the real situation…”

More than 1000 signatures in one day

The big Filipino community in Barcelona has enthusiastically participated in the first day of the signature campaign against the closure of the Philippine Consulate in Barcelona. Photo by Karen Joy Salvador of Barcelona Exposure Club.

The group’s enthusiasm to let the Philippine government know their opposition has resulted to an overwhelming response to the first day of signature campaign held in the Parroquia de San Lorenzo Ruiz Church, a Roman Catholic Church especially dedicated to Filipino residents in Barcelona.

More than 1000 signatures in just one day have been gathered supporting the retention of the Consulate. In Ibiza, according to Parish Migration Desk of Ibiza, Filipinos have already started with the collection of signatures.

The message is clear. Photo by Albert Ian RP of Barcelona Exposure Club.

Four remittance centers and even Pinoy restaurants have also volunteered to be signature gathering centers.

More than 20 Filipino organizations say NO

In Barcelona, more than 20 Filipino organizations composed of various religious, civic and socio-cultural groups have expressed their dismay and disapproval over the government’s decision.  Organizations such as Barcelona Exposure Club, Northern Star, Samahang Kabagis, Timpuyog ti-Ilocano, and Unified Bicolanos in Barcelona have taken their signature campaigns and lobbying initiatives to express their support for the retention of the Consulate.

Meanwhile, Kapulungan ng mga Lider Pinoy sa Barcelona (KALIPI), a federation of Filipino associations in Barcelona together with the support of other organizations, has sent a letter of appeal to the Chairpersons of the House Committees on Overseas Workers Affairs and Foreign Affairs namely Congressman Walden Bello of Akbayan Party List and Congressman Al Francis DC Bichara of Albay.

In its petition letter, it pointed out that “an Honorary Consulate cannot effectively respond to the growing number of Filipinos in Barcelona, nor can a provisional consular service from Madrid, located 600 km away, attend to the urgencies of our Filipino seafarers.”

The letter also cited that the strong relationship between the Barcelona city government, the Philippine Consulate and the Filipino community has already produced significant political, economic and cultural achievements in just short span of time and these will all be put into waste and will incur larger social cost if the full Consulate will be closed.  One of major political parties in Barcelona, Partido de los Socialistas en Cataluña already expressed their support for the retention of the Philippine Consulate.

The Filipino community feels that this decision will send a wrong signal to the people that the government is abandoning them and that the migrants’ good reputation and patriotism are not important for them.

“How can we encourage political participation (Absentee Voting) now if the Consulate is to be closed? The government’s apathy will breed its people’s apathy… The first Absentee Voting held in Barcelona got one of the highest voter’s turnouts in Europe where the current (Philippine) president got the most number of votes,” the letter added.

Over the budgetary reason for closing the Consulate, the letter states that “we do not wish to be considered as simple figures and economic peons. We reject the title ‘Bagong Bayani’ if it is mere lip service. We are more than our remittances, and we are hoping that they…see us as hardworking people who merit their commitment and full service.” Daniel Infante Tuaño, Kay S. Abaño

The young migrants also oppose the government’s decision. Photo by Albert Ian R P of Barcelona Exposure Club.

Naghahanap ba kayo ng trabaho?

24 Jan

Sa ating mga kababayan,

Ang Consulado po ay nakakatanggap ng mga tanong mula sa employer na naghahanap ng Filipino na magtrabaho para sa kanila.  Basahin lamang po ang mga email sa ibaba.

Baka po meron kayong kakilala na kababayan natin, kamag-anak, kaibigan o miyembro ng inyong asosasyon/grupo na naghahanap ng trabaho at gustong mag-apply, mangyari po lamang na makipag-ugnayan ng diretso sa mga employer sa baba.

Mangyari din po lamang na sabihan natin ang ating mga kababayan na suriing mabuti ang mga employer na ito bago pumasok sa trabaho upang mapangalagaan ang karapatan at benepisyo ng ating mga manggagawang Filipino.

Maraming salamat po.

Arman Racho Talbo

Philippine Consulate General Barcelona, Spain

1.

From: Michele Paulino [mailto:michelepaulino@hotmail.com]

Subject: puesto de trabajo

Hola, En el dia de hoy me he acercado al consulado para ver si tenian alguna pizarra para publicar anuncios. Estoy requiriendo una chica filipina para cuidado de niño de 18 meses y housekeeping.

En casa somos 2 adultos ( mi esposo y yo) y mi bebe de 18 meses.

Necesitamos chica filipina con papeles en regla para quedarse viviendo con nosotros de lunes hasta el sabado medio dia. Sábados tardes y domingos completos descanso.

Hablamos ingles perfectamente asi que no hace falta que hable castellano.

Aparte del cuidado del bebe, serán sus tareas las de la casa tales como lavado planchado, limpieza y cocina. (disponemos de lavadora, secadora y lavaplatos).

Vivimos en piso de 90 metros cuadrados.

Facilitamos uniforme ( pantalones kaki y polo shirt blanco)

Pagamos  14 pagas de 800 euros o 12 pagas de 933 euros

Pagamos seguridad social

Necesitamos que tenga papeles en regla ya que viajamos por europa y ocasiones solicitamos que nos acompañe

Incorporacion inmediata

Si saben de alguien ruego hagan llegar esta información. Gracias anticipadas! Mi telefono es 649 XXX XXX Sra Michele

 2.

From: Eva Toscas [mailto:etoscas@citrestorres.com]

Subject: BUSCAMOS CHICA SERVICIO URGENTE

Apreciados Señores
De acuerdo con la conversación mantenida solicitamos persona de servicio con las siguientes características:

1- lugar de trabajo: Barcelona, zona Alta

2- Trabajo de Interina

3 – Con experiencia en llevar una casa: limpieza, plancha, cocina

Interesados contactar con Eva, teléfono 607 XXX XXX, email: evatoscas@hotmail.com.  Ruego gestionen esta demanda con asociaciones con las que colaboren. Gracias de antemano por su colaboración.
Eva Toscas

KUNG KAYO PO AY INTERESADO MANGYARI LAMANG PO NA IWAN NINYO ANG INYONG EMAIL  SA IBABA: (COMMENTS) UPANG MAIBIGAY NAMIN SA INYO ANG KANILANG MGA CONTACT NUMBERS. SALAMAT PO!

Konsulado sa Barcelona isasara!

21 Jan

Ipinapaliwanag ni Ambassador Carlos Salinas, sa gitna, ang napipintong pagsasara ng Konsulado ng Pilipinas sa Barcelona. Kasama sa larawan sina Konsul Heneral Catalino Dillem, sa kaliwa, at si Gng. Isabelita Salinas, sa kanan.

HANGGANG Hulyo 2012 na lang ang Konsulado ng Pilipinas sa Barcelona.

Ito ang ipinahatid ni Ambassador Carlos Salinas, kasalukuyang embahador ng Pilipinas sa España, sa isang pagpupulong ng mga asosasyon at negosyong Pilipino sa Barcelona, Spain noong ika-20 ng Enero.

Ayon kay Ambassador Salinas, ang desisyong ito ay dulot ng mga ‘fiscal issues’ na kinakaharap ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas. Ito ay masusing pinag-aralan, at ang Konsulado sa Barcelona ay isa lamang sa mga konsulado at embahada sa buong mundo na ipasasara, dagdag pa niya.

Sinigurado naman ni Ambassador Salinas na patuloy pa ring makatatanggap ng serbisyong konsular ang mga taga-Barcelona. Ayon sa kanya, ang mga staff ng Philippine Embassy sa Madrid ay bibisita at maglilingkod sa kanila nang hindi bababa sa isang beses sa isang buwan. Maaari ring magkaroon muli ng honorary consul dito.

Reaksyon mula sa mga Pilipino

Gulat, pagkalungkot at pangamba ang naging reaksyon ng mga dumalo.

Nangangamba ang ilan na tumagal muli at mas maging magastos ang proseso ng pagrerenew ng passport at pagkuha ng certification at iba pang dokumento.

Nadismaya naman ang iba. Ang pagbawas sa serbisyo raw ba ang sukling ibibigay ng pamahalaan sa naging kontribusyon sa ekonomiya ng Pilipinas ng milyun-milyong Pilipino na tinagurian nilang Bagong Bayani? Wala man lang daw pagkokonsultang isinagawa ang gobyerno ng Pilipinas sa mga Pilipinong nasa Barcelona bago sila maglabas ng ganitong desisyon.

Nabanggit din ng ilan na ang desisyong ito ay ‘backward’ ngayon pang dumarami ang mga Pinoy rito, marami ang nagsisimulang magnegosyo, nag-iinvest sa pagbili ng bahay at ari-arian sa Pilipinas, at kung kailan mas nangangailangan ng tulong ng gobyerno ang ilan sa mga kababayan dulot ng krisis sa España.

Sa kabilang banda naman ay pinuri ng ilan sa mga dumalo ang naging magandang serbisyo ng mga konsul at staff ng Konsulado sa Barcelona. Magiging malaking kawalan ito para sa mga Pilipinong nakatira sa mga rehiyong Cataluña, Baleares at Andorra. Hiniling din nila na sana ay maging kasing inam din ang serbisyong ibibigay ng mga manggagaling sa Embahada ng Pilipinas sa Madrid.

May mga nagmungkahi rin na gumawa ng petisyon upang ipahayag ang kanilang pagtutol sa pagsasara ng Konsulado at ipadala ito sa pamahalaan sa Pilipinas.

Matatandaang ang Konsulado ng Pilipinas sa Barcelona ay siyang bunga ng kahilingan at pagpupursigi ng iba’t ibang grupo ng mga Pilipino sa Barcelona apat na taon na ang nakararaan. Daniel Infante Tuaño

Pinoy tampok sa TV sa Spain

14 Jan

Tampok ang Filipino community sa programang Babel ng Television Española (TVE2) ngayong Linggo, ika-15 ng Enero, alas 12 ng tanghali. Ayon sa website ng Babel, ang  mga Filipino ay kabilang sa mga imigranteng matagal nang naninirahan sa España. Ngunit kahit pa matagal na sila rito ay marami pa rin ang hindi nakakakilala sa kanila.

Ang mga batang nasa larawan ay mga mag-aaral ng Iskwelang Pinoy, isang programa ng Centro Filipino para sa mga batang ipinanganak sa España (Barcelona) na naglalayong turuan sila ng Kasaysayan at Kultura ng Pilipinas, Ingles, Tagalog, Christian Values at iba pa. Bisitahin ang website ng Babel para sa karagdagang impormasyon: http://www.rtve.es/television/babel/

Sa kabilang channel naman, sa Antenna 3 ay muling sasabak sa isang singing competition EL NUMERO UNO ang kababayan nating si MARIZ MOLINA.

Nangangailangan si MARIZ ng boto para magpatuloy siya sa competition. Ang top 5 na makakakuha ng pinakamaraming boto, shares at views ay makakapasok sa competition. Kailangang mag-register para makaboto at makapag-share. Hanggang ngayong Linggo lang, ika-15 ng Enero, alas 12 ang botohan. I-click ang link para bumoto at makita ang video ni MARIZ MOLINA: http://www.antena3.com/programas/numero-uno/casting/barcelona-dia-1/

Maraming salamat kina G. Gerry Ortega at Bb. Jhess Lozano sa pagbibigay sa amin ng impormasyon.

New plot to the Philippines-Japan migration story

10 Jan

by CARMELITA G. NUQUI and JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO

Philippines-Japan NGO Partnership (PJP)

Image lifted from: http://rei-kinomoto.deviantart.com/art/Land-of-the-Rising-Sun-176162068?offset=10

JAPAN offers lots of memories —good and bad— to Filipinos, not just its rising sun that is an economic magnet for Filipinos to go there.

There’s former overseas performing artist Maricris Sioson who, exactly 20 years ago, was mysteriously killed by alleged Yakuza elements five months after arriving in Tokyo.

Sioson’s mysterious death never stopped a wave of migration by Filipinas doing the same kind of work which, to advocates for migrant workers, is tantamount to trafficking and to putting these women’s homeland into shame.

That kind of migrant worker deployment even had processes and documents to be acquired, as well as a large-scale recruitment business which the Philippine government regulated. The tide changed in 2005, when Japanese immigration law changed and tightened the entry requirements of those wanting to work as OPAs. The amendment included provisions that anyone seeking such a visa must prove that he or she has education or experience as an entertainer. Certification from another government is no longer enough.

This resulted in a steep drop in the number of entertainers being sent by the Philippines from about 80,000 in 2004 to about 38,000 in 2005. In 2010, the number of Filipino women deployed to Japan as entertainers was only about a thousand.

There is now an increase in the number Filipinas marrying Japanese, that being a means to escape poverty (as some departing young Filipina spouses married to elderly Japanese admitted).

Japan-Philippine relations surrounding overseas migration also evolved.

The bilateral relationship became economic, resulting in an economic partnership agreement that has, among its terms, deploying Filipino nurses to Japan. Only two of over-200 deployed nurses passed the Nihongo-laced nurses licensure examination in Japan, and currently the nurses deployment provision of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement is being evaluated.

While distant from a matter that concerns Filipinos’ migration to Japan, the relationship between the two countries is beyond overseas migration.

Japan is among the Philippines’ major source countries of official development assistance, in which civil society groups hope that such development aid undergo transparent and accountable processes. Nevertheless, the aid from Japan led to bridges, light railway transit systems, and even emergency relief for people in Mindanao.

Japan-Philippine economic relations will not be complete without the Japanese companies heading to the country —from vehicles to electronic equipment, some of which became household names among Filipinos (e.g. Toyota, Sony, among others).

The relationship between the two nations even led to the reverse, i.e. of developing country Philippines helping Japan.

Images of the waves that splashed eastern Japan given an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami last March simply touched Filipinos’ hearts to help (for example, the Philippines-Japan NGO Partnership, a group of non-government groups here that has a partner NGO network in Japan, donated some money to Japanese NGOs providing disaster relief in tsunami-struck areas in Japan).

Even Filipinos affected by the quake and tsunami had to be helped. There are stories of cause-oriented groups coursing their donations to the Philippine embassy in Tokyo and to some Japanese NGOs directed at the Filipino families victimized by the quake and tsunami.

Still, Japanese maintained their resolve even in the midst of tragedy, and Filipinos learned from it. Says a Japanese taxi driver to a Filipino broadcast journalist who wondered why Japanese are patiently waiting a long line in Sendai to siphon fuel from vehicles wrecked by the tsunami: “If we do that, I wanted no part of it since he did not want to join us in hell.”

But Filipinos, thanks to the opportunity of being in Japan for work, study and permanent residency, extend themselves to help the Philippines through philanthropy. Filipino groups of all sorts in Japan—scholars in Japan, Filipinos based in Japanese communities, migrants’ rights associations, and many more— have been noted to be helping social development causes in the homeland.

Of some P2.5 billion of donations coursed through the Lingkod sa Kapwa Pilipino (LinKaPil) program of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), some P33.65 million came from Filipino and non-Filipino donors based in Japan.

These are on top of the remittances that Filipinos in Japan send back home: From 2001 to 2010, the US$5.349 billion is way, way ahead of Japanese development aid and foreign direct investment coming from Japan. Even in the last three years when the world faced a global economic crisis, Filipinos in Japan sent record-high amounts.

With these episodes surrounding Philippines-Japan relations and the Filipino migration to Japan that went with it, what future is in store?

Japan might need to continually depend on foreign labor given their declining birth rates. It might also compel Japanese authorities to be more open to the contributions of foreigners and, if possible, respect foreigners’ (and Filipinos’) rights.

For the Philippines, under a new chapter of citizens emigrating to Japan, it might mean that the episodes of forced migration to Japan —a la Sioson— should be over. Probably, helping more Filipinos in Japan and decrepit compatriots in the Philippines, as well as fostering better mutual relations between Japanese and Filipinos, may be the next steps.

But for both countries, Japanese and Filipino vigilance to collaborate and help address the welfare of Filipinos in Japan and in the Philippines is a logical next step. This is where, for example, the Philippines-Japan NGO Partnership (PJP) is working with the Japan-Philippines NGO Network (JPN, a network of Japanese NGOs with projects in the Philippines) is doing something about it. Or Philippine rural communities welcoming Japanese citizens and enjoying their company and friendship in areas with visible concentrations of Japanese.

The migration story concerning Filipinos heading to Japan is evolving, with development outcomes affecting both countries and their citizens. Opportunities abound from this evolution, and these can excite the Filipinos in Japan and the compatriots at home who are concerned about their welfare and of a homeland’s hopes for a better future.

Carmelita G. Nuqui and Jeremaiah M. Opiniano are executive directors of the Development Action for Women Network (DAWN) and the Institute for Migration and Development Issues (IMDI), respectively. Both migrant-oriented nonprofits are members of the Philippines-Japan NGO Partnership.

Comments are welcome at: melnuqui@hotmail.com and president@ofwphilanthropy.org

The young and the restless and the brave and the resilient and the optimistic migrants

31 Oct

“…No matter how difficult the ride will be, I will hang on because this ride is not just for me, but also for my dearest family back home, my most precious treasure! There’s a bright future here in Spain, as long as I will not allow myself to be a slave for the rest of my life…”

This was lifted from one of the articles written in the latest issue of Ang Bagong Filipino, an issue dedicated to all young migrants especially those from the Philippines. 

Indeed, they are not only working machines, and they are more than mere milking cows. Hardworking is just one of their star attributes. They can offer more than the remittance they send every end of the month.

They have dreams. They have dreams for themselves and for their families. The same dreams which have driven them to seek greener pastures abroad. The same dreams which have driven the privileged others, the youth from countries which have more freedom to travel, live and work whereever and whenever they want. Young Filipinos, as the citizens of the world, also want to experience the same–live abroad, know other culture, expand their horizons. But getting the same privileges is not easy.

Despite their day-to-day struggle, they never lose hope, in fact they are very optimistic about the future. They are resilient and they know that things will change if they really want them to happen. 

You may download Ang Bagong Filipino issue no. 8 by clicking this link: Ang Bagong Filipino 8

The Loboc Children’s Choir in Barcelona!

29 Oct

The last time I wrote about them was six years ago. The article was about Filipinos and Filipinas who have given their fellow countrymen more reasons to smile.

The last time they were in Barcelona was in 2003, eight years ago, when they won two major awards at the Europe and its Songs 6th International Folksong Choir Festival.

They garnered 97.5 points, the overall highest mark in all categories (beating also the adult choirs), which earned them the First Prize in the Children’s Category and the Europe and its Songs 2003 Cup being the Festival’s overall champion.

Next week, the Loboc Children’s Choir is back in Barcelona. You can listen to their angelic voices at La Sagrada Familia and Catedral de Barcelona on Thursday, November 3, and at Iglesia de San Agustin on Friday, November 4. 

These are the only dates you can watch them here unless you fly 7000 miles from Barcelona, all the way to the island of the famous Chocolate Hills and the smallest monkey in the world–Bohol, Philippines. DIT

Limang sikreto ng Centro Filipino nabunyag sa isang gabi!

16 Oct

Noong Sabado ng gabi, umuwing may ngiti sa mga mukha ang halos mahigit 350 katao matapos nilang malaman ang limang sikreto ng Centro Filipino na ibinunyag sa Concert for a Cause: Tinig ng Kinabukasan.

1. Hindi lang handang maglingkod sa mga kababayan sa Barcelona ang mga boluntaryo ng Centro Filipino, game din silang sumayaw at kumanta!

Larawan mula kay Marites Saulog Alamida

Kuha ni Allan Ludovice

2. ANGQueen ng Operación Triunfo’ at pride ng Filipino community sa Spain na si Alexandra Masangkay Escalona ay dati ring volunteer at produkto ng Iskwelang Pinoy.

Alexandra. Kuha ni Allan Ludovice

3. Ang mga sisters ng Centro Filipino nag-Sister Act!

Kuha ni Allan Ludovice

 Si Sister Pau, ang Presidenta ng Centro Filipino, nag-Whoopi Goldberg with matching Afro!

4. Hindi lang sermon ang kayang ibigay ng founder ng Centro Filipino na si Fr. Avel, marunong magaling din siyang tumugtog ng saxophone.

Fr. Avelino Sapida. Kuha ni Daniel Infante Tuaño

May banda pa!

At may kasama pang piano

Larawan mula kay Marites Saulo Alamida

5. Marami ang nagmamahal sa Centro Filipino (25 years na ‘to) at sumusuporta sa pinaglaanan ng konsiyertong ito—ang proyektong Codesarrollo, isang lugar na magsisilbing tahanan ng mga kababayan nating matagal ng nagtrabaho sa Barcelona at nagpasyang bumalik sa Pilipinas. Ito ay naglalayon ding magsilbing lugar kung saan maaaring ibahagi ang mga kaalaman na natutunan sa ibang bansa at magbigay ng hanapbuhay sa mga kababayan nating nasa Pilipinas.

DIT

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