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The Filipino Community Center is seeking an executive director to lead the administration of the Waipahu-based gathering place.
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A Hawaiʻi-based Filipina fashion designer hopes to educate Filipinos in the diaspora about their culture through clothing. Textiles are significant in cultures across the Philippines' more than 7,000 islands. The vibrant, geometric patterns symbolize an island's region, such as the mountains and rivers. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.
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Interpreters will be on hand, as will other federal, state and county agencies to assist families. Staff from the Consulate General of the Philippines will also be there for three days starting Sept. 22 to help with vital documents like passport replacement.
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Maui attorney Alfredo Evangelista talks to The Conversation about the "Tulong for Lahaina" fundraising efforts that aim to meet the needs of the Filipino community impacted by the wildfires.
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The oldest Indigenous tattooist in the Philippines recently made the cover of Vogue magazine. Although many associate tattoos with Polynesian culture, the Philippines has had a tattoo heritage for thousands of years. HPR’s Cassie Ordonio spent a few days with a Filipino cultural practitioner and a modern tattoo artist in Hawai‘i.
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Jeannie Lum grew up immersed in her Filipino culture. She says that fueled many of her passions and hopes to bring that to her role as the head of the Filipino Community Center. HPR's Jayna Omaye has more.
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Poet, novelist R. Zamora Linmark is kicking off a national tour for his latest novel tonight in Honolulu. Harvard, Columbia, and other schools have booked…
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Elmer Omar Pizo was born in the Philippines, where he went to seminary school, then worked in Saudi Arabia. Twenty nine years ago, Pizo immigrated to…
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Anyone who’s familiar with the Philippines knows about the concept of sending money home from overseas. It’s become a critical part of the Philippines…
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More information is coming out on Typhoon Haiyan, the devastating storm that has affected more than 4 million people in the Philippines.While members of…