Charice rocks Obama pre-inaugural balls
Hello, fellow Filipinos! I’m a Filipina who has been residing in California for twenty-one years now. I was reading the latest Asian Journal newspaper and saw this article about Charice. Read it guys and your hearts will swell with pride. By the way, if you are curious about us Filipinos here in the U.S., visit the website of the Asian Journal (The Filipino-American Community Newspaper) at http://www.asianjournal.com/index.php.
And now, here’s the article about Charice:
Charice rocks Obama pre-inaugural balls
Wednesday, 21 January 2009 02:15 Momar G. Visaya AJPress
Barack Obama’s sister Maya Soetoro-Ng and her husband Konrad were visibly impressed with Charice’s rendition of God Bless America at the Pearl Gala that the couple hugged her after the show-stopping performance. Photo by Bing Branigin for Asian Journal
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Newsmakers of 2008
We bring you tidbits from 2008 to bookend a year that was memorable, in some respects, it influenced the lives of all Filipinos everywhere in ways both large and small. We’re skipping politics, scandals and mayhems. In our book, these are the newsmakers of 2008:
1. A fitting highlight to 2008 was Manny Pacquiao’s historic win over Oscar dela Joya in Las Vegas. The TKO victory was even made sweeter as reporters around the world reckoned Manny as the underdog. He is now officially the biggest and richest Filipino sports personality. Ka-ching!
