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Commission on Filipinos Overseas
Print Journalism Award Best Magazine 2021 Migration Advocacy and Media Awards
Ralph Chan
Dec 53 min read
A day trip to Vienna: A Filipino food guide from a local for your perfect getaway
Text by Ralph Chan Images by Marikit Markt A re you planning a visit to Vienna soon? To make your day even more beautiful, here are...
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Luz Bergersen
Sep 235 min read
CLOI SUGANO - Music Educator and Performing Classical Musician
Interview by Luz Bergersen Cloi started her musical journey at the age of 6. Cloi's father had been enrolling her in piano classes, but...
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Ieth Inolino Idzerda
Sep 234 min read
POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE
In a country where gray sky and rain is the usual weather forecast, Always Summer brightens the Netherlands with colorful stories of...
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Gloria Hernandez Grejalde
May 294 min read
Historical Churches in Manila
words and images by Gloria Hernandez Grejalde Dig into Manila’s rich historical past. Travel back in time as you walk through the aisles...
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Elizabeth von Atzigen
Jun 18, 20222 min read
Para Sa Bayan. For my Motherland.
Reflections & images by Stella Sait, UK When does one become patriotic? During war? During disasters? Or when you are away from your home...
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Elizabeth von Atzigen
Feb 16, 20224 min read
ROOTS & WINGS SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP Invitation to engage in positive change with social impact
By Becky Torres, Marizel Arambulo In celebration of our 12th anniversary this year, Roots & Wings is formally launching a Social...
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Rica & David Abott
Dec 15, 20211 min read
Dreaming of a white Christmas
Rica & David Abbott, Champery Switzerland Christmas is our favourite time of year. Every Christmas is special. It’s the season of love...
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Mae Cayir
Aug 27, 20212 min read
Thirty-first year wedding anniversary during the pandemic
Text by Mae Cayir, Vienna My husband and I will arrive at our 31st wedding anniversary, vaccinated against COVID19, in our mid-life years...
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Jeno Pineda
Aug 15, 20213 min read
The New Breed of Excellence
How some Filipinos thrive and succeed on the south of Spain Text and images by Jeno Pineda, Marbella In 2017, Rhea Zamora arrived from...
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Cynthia Kurleto
Aug 8, 20213 min read
My Mother's Story: Faustina Verdillio, Pioneering Filipina Nurse in Austria
Words & Photo by Cynthia Kurleto It was the early 70’s when my mother Faustina Verdillio, born and raised a Filipina, landed in Vienna,...
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Loree Cruz-Mante
Jun 12, 20213 min read
The Filipina, A Study in Contradiction
Echoes from the US, Philippine-based golden jubilarians after a most memorable class reunion in Vigan The Filipina is a study in...
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Betsy von Atzigen
Jun 1, 20213 min read
Hyphenated identities
With about five decades of Filipino migration history to Europe and over a century to the United States, today’s second and third...
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Tania Viarnaud
Jun 1, 20216 min read
When worlds mix - A rich kaleidoscope of thoughts and feelings
2nd Gen Filipino siblings on their mixed Filipino-European heritage and upbringing For this issue of the “Roots and Wings” online...
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