Participants Invitation : The International Music Competition of ARD Munich
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Berlin (02. September 2011) - Philippine Embassy Announcement:
Overseas Absentee Voting for the forthcoming 2013 National Election. read more >>
INVITATION
Carnival, also called "Fasching" or "Fachnacht," refers to the week-long celebration before Ash Wednesday. The word, Carnival comes from the middle Latin word, "carnevale" which literally refers to the exultation of the flesh! These days are characterized by many parades where in big cities like Cologne, Mainz or Düsseldorf, millions of people witness the spectacle of this so-called "fifth season of the year." People, both young and old, attend parties with the motto: "Eat, drink and be merry."
The Philippine Community celebrates Sinulog Festival last 15. January 2012 at the Heilig-Geist-Kirche(Bayernallee 28, 14052 Berlin). Sinulog is a yearly Cebuano traditional feast in adoration of the image Santo Ninyo.
Fr. Simon Boiser SVD
05. August 2011 - Fr. Simon Boiser SVD takes over the pastoral duty as the chaplain of the Philippine Community in Berlin. He finished his priesthood studies at the mission Seminary St. Augustin, Germany and ordained priest on 12. June 2005. Three days after his ordination Fr. Simon, together with three other newly ordained priests, celebrated mass at the tomb of Saint Arnold Janssen where the Steyler mission originated. He stayed on in Germany to work as a school chaplain and parish priest.
6 August 2011 – H.E. Maria Cleofe Natividad assumed as the Philippine Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Germany on 20 July 2011, succeeding former Ambassador Delia D. Albert. read more
COMMUTING, STATUS UPDATES, GETTING UPSTAIRS ... the Official logo of Philippine Tourism. see more Pinoys have 'Fun' with 'More Fun in the Philippines' see gallery
PHILIPPINE POLITICS: WHAT NOW?
President Benigno S. Aquino III during the YouTube World View interview at the Presidential Broadcast Studio, Malacañan Palace. The YouTube World View interviews are interactive dialogues in which leaders, through livestreaming, respond to questions submitted by their citizens online. President Aquino is the first head of state from the Asia Pacific to participate in this series. you tube
CHRONICLE: SPEECHES OF PRES. AQUINO
13. October 2011:
Speech of President Aquino at the 37th Philippine Business Conference
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PhilHealth is increasing the premiums to be collected from OFWs and that it offers redundant coverage for OFWs lucky enough to get jobs abroad that already offer full medical protection. If PhilHealth succeeds in its hunt for this syndicate and in stamping out corruption, it should be able to perform its mission without hiking OFW premiums. On the other hand, redundancy of coverage is no excuse to be released completely from PhilHealth, and since universal health to be viable needs to be leveraged as broadly as possible across the entire spectrum, premiums can be adjusted to show a nuanced recognition that some OFWs are differently situated.
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16. January 2012: Historic impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona starts; prosecution, defense present cases
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Opening statement of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile
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Opening statement of the Defense Panel delivered by Atty. Eduardo De Los Angeles
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Opening statement for the Prosecution delivered by Rep. Niel C. Tupas Jr.
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Was the Philippines ever short or over-supplied of rice? read more
BLOGS
Ambeth Ocampo
The Black Nazarene Devotion: Only TV-5 made the effort to find a new angle on the story by reminding viewers that “Nazareno,” a common Philippine surname, actually means “a person from Nazareth,” the place where the Christ Child was raised by Joseph the carpenter. People on the street, when asked where Nazareth was, offered a lot of wrong answers, given with great authority and conviction. One devotee placed Nazareth in Germany!
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Federico Pascual, Jr
President Aquino needs Ms Arroyo’s visible presence. She has been a convenient excuse and distraction for his continuing failure to meet the rising expectations of the masses who had swallowed his promise of change, especially in improving the quality of their lives.
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Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD
The story is told about a little boy who had the bad habit of sucking his thumb. One day his mother pointed to a very stout man and told her son that the man had such a big stomach because he sucked his thumb. Just then, the boy saw a pregnant woman. He walked up to her and said with a smile: “You don’t know me, but I know what you’ve been doing!” read more
author: Joey Ramirez
One of the men is obviously a “convertee”, the one being preached to. Reading the body language, it is clear that the “sermoner” thinks of himself as the alpha dog in this scenario: an overbearing position even when seated, forceful voice, showy gestures. The listener was seated in a calmer fashion, head tilted in an inquisitive manner, trying to digest the “sermon”.
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Solita Collas-Monsod
Whatever may be the result of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, it has become crystal clear that the constitutional requirement of the disclosure of the statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) of all government officials and employees has been honored more in the breach than in the observance, with the biggest culprits being apparently the Office of the President, the Office of the Ombudsman, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court. For shame.
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CONTACT
ADDRESS:
Berlin Philippine Community
Bayernallee 28
14052 Berlin (Charlottenburg) Map Location
HOLY MASS every SUNDAY 15:30 HR at the HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH: location
Parish Chaplain: Fr. Simon Boiser SVD
email : simonsvd@gmail.com
Webmaster : Alan Valdez email : editor@filipinos-in-berlin.de
H. E. Maria Cleofe R. Natividad
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