Flirting With Danger

PEDESTRIANS cross an intersection in Pasay City despite a sign that says they shouldn’t. The PN correspondent who took the photograph during a recent visit to the Philippines was initially amused.

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• R.P. to send medical team to Myanmar
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• MANILA — The Philippines will be sending a 15-man medical mission to typhoon-hit Myanmar where some 22,000 people have died and some 41,000 others have gone missing in one of the worst natural disasters to hit the Asian continent.

• Batangas widow is Asian business awardee
• Cristina DC Pastor
• NEW YORK — Patricia Berberabe and good friend Rosita Merciadez sit quietly at the lobby of the Time Warner on Columbus Circle, admiring the glossy lobby and seemingly amused by the hurried pack of people rushing in and out of the building.Looking rather schoolmarmish in a boyish haircut, white turtleneck and embroidered coat,

• Asians in America: more educated, wealthier
• Pasckie Pascua
• LOS ANGELES — Asians are expected to be a dominant collective force in America in the near future. They are not just growing in number; they are also more educated and more affluent. According to the “2008 statistical portrait of the Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations”

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• Rebels raid Philippines farm, abduct worker: police
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• Calendar for Week of May 12, 2008
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• San Francisco Giants Filipino Heritage Night
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• ‘Harold & Kumar’ sequel gets a shot of Jewish humor
• Erin Pangilinan

• Princes of Pop & Dance visit bakeshop branch on tour promo
• Harvey Barkin

• APIA Month: Asians get scholarships, awards
• Pasckie Pascua

• LOS ANGELES — Education remains one of the priority values and needs of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Many APIA families, however, are still unable to afford the costs of college and voc...     >> Read full article

• 16th USTMAAA Grand Reunion & Convention sold out!
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• WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI — USTMAAA celebrates its 16th Annual Grand Reunion & Medical convention on May 22–26, 2008 at the Caesar’s Hotel in Las Vegas. While the hotel block is now so...     >> Read full article

• Free overseas calls for Filipinos attending conference
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• Overseas Filipinos (OFs) can make free long distance calls to family, friends and associates abroad during the May 8-11, 2008 International Conference on “Building the Global Filipino Nation for...     >> Read full article