About Us: Now in its 22nd year of publication, Munting Nayon News Magazine(MN) is published monthly and mailed to recipients, catering to the Filipino Community of The Netherlands, including some recipients in Belgium, Luxembourg, and other European countries as well as USA, Canada and the Philippines. MN is operated by couple Eddie Flores and Orquidia Valenzuela.
Mon Feb 08 2010
Community Service
Charito Ramirez
Profile: Early in life, Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gilbert” Cojuangco Teodoro, Jr., already showed the makings of a leader and public servant. In his youth, he was elected President of the then Kabataang Barangay for Central Luzon and later, member of the Sanguniang Panlalawigan of Tarlac from 1980 to 1986.
After completing his primary education at the Xavier School, he then pursued his secondary studies at the same school as he also dabbled his involvement in political offices and organizations....
After completing his primary education at the Xavier School, he then pursued his secondary studies at the same school as he also dabbled his involvement in political offices and organizations....
Noynoy’s speech at the Makati Business Club
22 January 2010
Officers and members of the Makati Business Club, Your Excellencies of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen, my friends and countrymen. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to address you.
I trust your asking me first is not based on alphabetical order, or based on age, but perhaps, based on who you think will most likely win the coming election....
22 January 2010
Officers and members of the Makati Business Club, Your Excellencies of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen, my friends and countrymen. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to address you.
I trust your asking me first is not based on alphabetical order, or based on age, but perhaps, based on who you think will most likely win the coming election....
Florida
February 8, 2010
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The Netherlands
February 4, 2010
This was the united call of migrant workers, muslim community leaders, women activists, progressive legislators and a presidential candidate in a press conference launching a movement to rescue a Filipina domestic helper from execution.
“We are calling on our fellow Filipinos here and abroad, and the whole international community to press on the Amir of the State of Kuwait to spare Jakatia Pawa from capital punishment. We are keeping our fingers crossed. We hope that he will give Pawa clemency as he did with May Vecina and Marilou Ranario,” said Garry Martinez, chairperson of Migrante International....
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
February 4, 2010
Sa kaniyang nakaraang pagbisita kasama ang kaniyang delegasyon na kinabibilangan nina G. Perry Coseteng, Executive Director ng Diliman Computer Technology Institute (DCTI); G. Raymond Ang, President, English Proficiency Intervention Program (EPIP) at G. Lawrence Lee, Director, Global Domain Learning System binigyan diin at pansin ng grupo ni Coseteng ang kanilang naiibang pamamaraan at aspeto ng paghubog nang kaisipan, kaalaman at talino....
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February 1, 2010
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London
January 31, 2010
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
January 30, 2010
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Jeddah
January 27, 2010
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The Netherlands
January 20, 2010
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Belgium-December 2009
Last October I gave a two hour's lecture "Rizal in Europe” at the National Historical Institute. The same lecture was given to the ......
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The Ferdinand Blumentritt/Rizal documents in the Czech Republic
As it appears that there is quite some misinformation and confusion in circulation surrounding the Rizal/Blumentritt documents in the Czech Republic I decided that it was time to clarify this matter once and for all. I give below the true and accurate story of the Rizal/Ferdinand Blumentritt documents in Ceske Budejovice.
The Blumentritt collection was immense. According...
Sir Lucien Spittael, El Filibusterismo Chapter, Belgium
January 16, 2010
The Blumentritt collection was immense. According...
Sir Lucien Spittael, El Filibusterismo Chapter, Belgium
January 16, 2010
The Last Tribes of Mindanao, the Bilaan of Southern Mindanao
The Netherlands
February 4, 2010
The Bilaan or B`laan are a tribal community of Southern Mindanao, the name of this indigenous group comes from the words Bla and An, meaning Opponent People. The Bilaans in South Cotabato were renowned hunters and food gatherers, they hunted wild animals and were reaping grains, rootcrops, fruits and herbs in the once vast open space of cogonal land, known as Kolon Datal, nowadays Koronadal City.
The Bilaan live in in Lake Sebu and other municipalities of South Cotabato and are one of the major non-Islamic tribal groups in the Southern Philippines.They are famous for their rich and colorful cultural heritage, ethnic art and handcrafts like the brass ornaments and traditional beadwork....
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Up and Down the California Coast in 7 Days, from the Ancient Redwood Forests to the Birthplace of the Golden State
January 31, 2010
The morning was chilly but clear as I drove from my house in Orange County, California to my brother Boy’s (Orestes) house in Los Angeles County. There, I met the rest of our small tour group – Boy, his wife Teng (Estella), my brother Jun, his wife Iou, and our special guests from the Netherlands for the holidays, my sister Quiding and her husband Eddie. We were going to San Francisco in a rented van, after celebrating Christmas 2009 in Boy and Teng’s house the previous day. I have lived in California for over three decades, but this was the first time that I would tour the Golden State north to Eureka towards the Oregon border, then south to San Diego near the Mexican border.
The drive to San Francisco was uneventful but pleasant until we reached the outskirts of the city where heavy downpour greeted us. We worried a bit that Eddie’s first visit to this charming city by the bay would be marred by inclement weather. But after breakfast at the hotel the following day, the sun started to shine through the quintessential San Francisco morning fog as we headed to Twin Peaks. The two hills of Twin Peaks gave us a panoramic view of the city through the thinning fog and mist....
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On Modern Times and the Living Past
On Modern Times and the Living Past
With Jose Sison Luzadas
February 8, 2010
Dear Jose
When we relate to other people, it is but natural to adapt different versions of yourself. One cannot openly say “ P*tang Ina” in front of one’s mother, or it would be quite unnatural to greet a peer by making “mano po”. With the collection of letters that Rizal exchanged, different aspects of his personality come out. Rizal kept all the letters that he received because “through them he wanted to study the character, temperament, transformation, and intellectual tendencies of his friends and countrymen” (Viola 324). So we do the same now to him.
In a letter, addressed to Trinidad Rizal, Rizal fits into the role of “Kuya”. He tells of his adventures in Germany and his impression of German women who are not afraid of men and are more concerned with substance than with appearances. So like any kuya, he encourages Trining to form the habit of studying, so as to adorn herself with substance. He ends the letter asking her to write him back in Spanish....
In a letter, addressed to Trinidad Rizal, Rizal fits into the role of “Kuya”. He tells of his adventures in Germany and his impression of German women who are not afraid of men and are more concerned with substance than with appearances. So like any kuya, he encourages Trining to form the habit of studying, so as to adorn herself with substance. He ends the letter asking her to write him back in Spanish....
MNStudent Column
Anna Cristina B. de la Paz, AB European Studies
November 22, 2009
MERRY CHRISTMASNo one can deny that Christ Jesus is the reason for the season of CHRISTMAS that is why it is called CHRISTmas. It is his birth some two thousand years ago in Bethlehem that we are celebrating today. Sometime ago, people in their perceived hurried and busy life started to shorten Christmas to Xmas. Merry Xmas became in vogue in lieu of the original and longer Merry Christmas mostly in nonformal print and written media. But to think of it, X in Xmas does not mean an unknown entity or quantity like the X in Xray discovered by Roentgen rather it is the first letter of Christos, the Greek X or CHI and thus X in Xmas is the abbreviation for Christ. So it is still alright however in recent years of modern commercialism and political correctness, Merry Christmas or its short form of Xmas is being phased out altogether in the corporate and commercial greetings with Happy Holidays and/or Seasons Greetings....
Retiree's Square Corner
Ven Del Pilar Faundo, Lifetime member of the Knights of Rizal Canada
December 16, 2009
Update Issue - February, 2008NAGBABAGONG KLIMA SA PILIPINAS, nitong nakaraang dalawang buwan nagsisidaing ang mga naninirahan sa Baguio dahil sa tindi ng ginaw, 8-sentigrado. Di pa umano sila nakadanas ng pangangatog sa ginaw. Dahil hindi naman nangyayari ito, walang central heating ang mga bahay. Suot daw nila ay patong-patong at nakabalabal ng makapal.
Naitanong namin sa sarili, paano na lang yong mga taga Cordillera na hubad ang kalahati ng katawan at nakatapak. Sinasabing magtatagal pa itong lamig....
Naitanong namin sa sarili, paano na lang yong mga taga Cordillera na hubad ang kalahati ng katawan at nakatapak. Sinasabing magtatagal pa itong lamig....
Sa Ating Wika
Orquidia Valenzuela
February 12, 2009
Medical Insurance Coverage in the Philippines 2Dear Nene,
How are you?
First, we would like to inform you that together with other kababayans I miss your advisory column Ayon kay Nene very much. May I also inform you I have kept past issues of Munting Nayon and have used them several times to answer some questions of our kababayans. I am happy that your column is now available on the Munting Nayon website.
Last month, I was finally confronted just like others who have experienced it before me to send emergency money for my mother who was sick and had to be hospitalized for pneumonia. My sister called me in the middle of the night (7:00 AM Philippines time) to tell me to send urgent money to be used ......
How are you?
First, we would like to inform you that together with other kababayans I miss your advisory column Ayon kay Nene very much. May I also inform you I have kept past issues of Munting Nayon and have used them several times to answer some questions of our kababayans. I am happy that your column is now available on the Munting Nayon website.
Last month, I was finally confronted just like others who have experienced it before me to send emergency money for my mother who was sick and had to be hospitalized for pneumonia. My sister called me in the middle of the night (7:00 AM Philippines time) to tell me to send urgent money to be used ......
Ayon Kay Nene
Corazon Dee, PhD
January 13, 2009
EyeOpenerAfter spending the Christmas holidays in the Philippines, Filipino balikbayans left the country with a heavy heart. Many of my balikbayan friends were telling me that they would prefer to stay in the Philippines once they retire. They find the Philippines a happy place to live in. There are many beautiful places to see, many eateries and restaurants with different food style which cater to one’s appetite even in the wee hours of the morning. Whiling away the evening in one of the coffee shops in places like Greenbelt area in Makati, Serendra & Bonifacio High street at the Old Fort Bonifacio, Eastwood at Libis, Quezon City, Araneta area, Cultural Center area ......
EyeOpener
Ber Pacheco
February 25, 2009
Si Pareng LeoncioTandang-tanda ko ang ilan sa mga nakiiyak at nakaaawa at malulungkot na karanasan namin ni Pareng Leoncio.
Noong kami ay nasa mataas na paaralan ang aming klase ay nahahati sa apat na pangkat. Ang mga babae ay nahahati sa dalawa: Pangkat Susan Roces at pangkat Amalia Fuentes. Ang mga lalake ay nahahati rin sa dalawa: Pangkat mahirap at pangkat maykaya o may kaya-kaya o nagpapanggap na may kaya.
Kabilang kami ni Leoncio sa pangkat mahirap o pangkat ng mga kaawa-awa....
Noong kami ay nasa mataas na paaralan ang aming klase ay nahahati sa apat na pangkat. Ang mga babae ay nahahati sa dalawa: Pangkat Susan Roces at pangkat Amalia Fuentes. Ang mga lalake ay nahahati rin sa dalawa: Pangkat mahirap at pangkat maykaya o may kaya-kaya o nagpapanggap na may kaya.
Kabilang kami ni Leoncio sa pangkat mahirap o pangkat ng mga kaawa-awa....
Mga Gintong Kwento
Rene Calalang
November 29, 2009
RUBEN ABELLON RECEIVES
DUTCH ROYAL AWARD
Annually, on the occasion of her birthday, the ruling Monarch of Netherlands, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix awards deserving Dutch the Order of Oranje-Nassau.
April 1892, Queen Dowager and Regent Emma initiated the Order so that Royal appreciation for distinct exemplary citizenship could be made both visible and public....
DUTCH ROYAL AWARD
April 1892, Queen Dowager and Regent Emma initiated the Order so that Royal appreciation for distinct exemplary citizenship could be made both visible and public....
Filipino Achievers in the Netherlands
Henk J. van der Vaart
April 27, 2007