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For Whom the Bells Toll
(Philippine Version)
By Jose Sison Luzadas
Toronto-Canada
April 14, 2012
 
“Looking back at the grim and gruesome moment in our History where more civilians died than the total combatants on both sides.   

Until that day when the Balangiga bells are repatriated to its rightful owners, CELEBRATION can wait.”    
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Quality-wise,the condition of the picture is old, dim and blurry but this faded photo cannot escape the bloody accounts of that bloody encounter between the town people and the US Occupation Army. Valeriano Abanador is the man with folded arms. His statue and portrait are seen on top. He was the local town chief of police and the only identified native Filipino posing with the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Regiment of the US Army when the photo was taken. The contingent was part of the US troops sent by General Arthur MacArthur on mapping out operation, pacification and taking Filipino soldiers ready to surrender in accordance with the directive issued by General Aguinaldo immediately after his capture on March 25, 1901 in Palanan, Isabela.
 
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AS IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO, It also takes two to deliver a message, Rizal and his alter ego.
By Jose Sison Luzadas, KGOR Scarborough Chapter,  CANADA
Delray Beach, FL
Mon 26th December 2011
 
We look at Rizal not just a medical practitioner. He was also a man of letters.  In his NOLI dedication, Rizal is not contented removing the veil to free Filipinos of their ignorance but also wanted those “liberated” must learn to read coupled with the ability to make a critical analysis so as to arrive to rational conclusion.

Using “alter ego” in baseball parlance is assigning a “designated hitter” or “pinch hitting”. Almost at the end of NOLI...
 
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Paging Dr. Jose Rizal in Barcelona
By Jose Sison Luzadas (Order of the Knights of Rizal –Scarborough-Canada Chapter)
Sun 18th December 2011
 
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Photo shows somewhere in Barcelona, Spain where this crazy admirer of Dr Jose Rizal THOUGHT that by holding the award-winning Rizal biography "THE FIRST FILIPINO" by Leon Ma. Guerrero will act as medium to evoke the appearance of the ghost of Rizal who spent considerable time...
 
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On Modern Times and the Living Past
A five minute immersion exercise in tracing Filipino names-    You may be an heir to old ruling datus  
By Jose Sison Luzadas  
 
Sun 20th March 2011
 
Family names commonly in use today have their history and evolution. 
 
Take Zaragoza for example is Spanish that traced its origin to Caesar Augustus who... More
Defining moments in the life of 3 Filipinos named: JOSE
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Sat 12th February 2011
 
Jose Rizal using his NOLI character Elias, hovering between life and death, of gun wounds inflicted after a long chase in the Pasig River while... More
The Gold Rush, Armour foods, Levi Pants and My Darling Clementine
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Sat 22nd January 2011
 
"NOT ALL THAT GLITTERS IS GOLD" certainly not to James W. Marshall who while making inspection one morning, January 24, 1848 stumbled upon a glittering object. Had he... More
THE MAN FROM KALAMBA And his FATE
Jose Sison Luzadas More
 
Sun 12th December 2010
 
What an irony that he cannot escape to have Father Collantes baptizing him neither was he able to avoid Father Vilaclara whom he bade his last good bye. ... More
 
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Loboc Children’s Choir Concert
Church of Our Saviour, The Hague - The Netherlands
Presented by The Philippine Embassy - The Hague
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Sat 22nd October 2011
 
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Christmas Holiday in Coron, Palawan – December 2012
It was Yuletide season, a good time for another family reunion in the Philippines.  We celebrated Christmas Eve at my brother Danny and his wife Cindy’s house.  Cindy’s sisters Annie and Bettina hosted Christmas lunch.  Our holiday meals were both...

By Wilfredo Valenzuela
Mon 11th March 2013
 
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Midland Mall Mania  
South Cotabato and Sarangani are often named as great places for any shopping extravaganza; these adjacent provinces on the island of Mindanao are truly a shopaholic's paradise with vast and sprawling one-stop shopping centres with department stores, a wide range...

Text and Images by Ronald de Jong  
Fri 3rd May 2013
 
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Escape to Zanzibar
Many have heard about a place called Zanzibar.  Unbeknownst to many, it is an archipelago enclave in Tanzania known not only for its beauty but also for its rich history.  During this trip to Tanzania, I saw to it that...

By Don Eliseo Lucero Prisno III
Wed 5th December 2012
 
On Modern Times and the Living Past
With Jose Sison Luzadas
Delray Beach, FL
February 8, 2010
 
 
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Jose Sison Luzadas
 
Luzadas took journalism course under Prof Armando Malay, one-time Manila Times editor when he was taking undergraduate studies in UP Diliman in 1959 with history as major field. He fisnished his MPA in the same university.

When Luzadas settled in Toronto, CANADA, he earned a Bachelor of Education degree in 1973 at the University of Toronto thru the Government of Ontario grant.

Since the time he moved to Florida in 2000, Luzadas continued from time to time writing short articles primarily to friends and email groups.
APCO Gears Up for Freedom Ball 2013
By Amor Ramos
Liverpool-NSW-Australia
May 18, 2013
 
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The Alliance of Philippine Community Organisations, Inc, rolls out its finishing touches for the annual Freedom Ball celebration to commemorate the 115th anniversary of the Philippine Independence.  This year’s grand event will be held on Monday 10th June (Queen’s Birthday Holiday) at the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Events Centre, 3 New St. East Lidcombe, NSW, from 4-11 pm....
 
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SECOND GENERATION SWISS-FILIPINOS HOLD WORKSHOP ON PHILIPPINE DANCES
Philippine Embassy-Berne
Fri 17th May 2013
 
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15 May 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Berne reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that the Network of Independent Pinoys (Noi-P), an associationof second generation Swiss-Filipinos, held a dance workshop on Philippine dances in Zurich on May 04.

 Eighteen (18) Swiss-Filipinos and Swiss young professionals participated in the workshop, which was conducted...
 
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FIRST EVER AMBASSADOR’S CUP IN BASKETBALL BRINGS TOGETHER BASKETBALL TEAMS FROM COMPANIES IN CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
Philippine Embassy – Wellington, NZ
Thu 16th May 2013
 
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15 May 2013 - As tIn keeping with the efforts of the Philippine Embassy in Wellington continues to promote closer ties through sports among the Filipino community in New Zealand, Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez and Ms. Delia Richards of the...
 
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Candidates for Miss Philippines Canada 2013 
Toronto-Canada
May 15. 2013
 
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Alannah Sagici: Latin Dancer & Model
 


Alannah Sagici, a young student who is adept at Latin/Ballroom dancing and modeling, is a Miss Philippine Canada 2013 candidate. This fresh faced beauty was born in Toronto to Marilou...
 
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