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Cocktails after dinner Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. JF, Marites, Rowena & Reggie. Maligayang kaarawan, Dot! Garcia sisters with their spouses. KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 Visit PH.PINOYBUILT.COM. Please drop us a comment below. 🙏🏽 Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one online community in the  Philippines . Please click to  follow PH.pinoybuilt.com . 🤙🏽 Thank you! 👊🏽 Maraming salamat po kabayan.  ✌🏽 J.F. Ronaldo Perseveranda

“Art should not be purely decorative. It should be meaningful.” — Vicente Manansala On Pinoybuilt.com, no artwork has captured more attention, curiosity, and admiration than Vicente Manansala’s iconic painting Madonna of the Slums . It stands as our all-time most viewed post — and for good reason. The Significance of the Artwork Painted in 1950, Madonna of the Slums is one of the most powerful social commentaries in Philippine modern art. It portrays a mother and child amidst the squalor of Manila’s urban slums, echoing the religious imagery of the Madonna and Child but set starkly against poverty and urban migration. Through his signature transparent cubism , Manansala overlays geometric shapes and muted hues to express both the harshness of the slums and the enduring dignity of the human spirit. The painting is a poignant reminder that beneath economic hardship, there remains profound love, resilience, and hope. The Genius of Vicente Manansala Vicente Manansala (1910–19...

November 16, 1999 Maapag, Valencia, Bukidnon. We got married poolside at her Kuya Jun's house at the farm.  We meet 5/16/99. We celebrated her birthday (which she shares with her mother) 8/16/99 in Las Vegas. So I proposed we get married at 5:16 PM on November 16. Cheers 🥂

Evelyn, Mark & ? Mr. Fishball  

Balikbayan 2013 Cainta, Rizal. June 28, 2013. Franco Robles showed us East Bay Residences. Tess and Pauline pose in front of East Bay Residences, with Franco Robles. 1900, 1 Felix Ave, Cainta, 1900 Rizal, Philippines Please keep visiting to support our website & this Filipino community online. Click to follow this website . Like our Facebook Page PINOY PLANET . Leave a comment below. Salamat po. Click the link to support. 

Beautiful clouds, beautiful sky Just beautiful. November 1999. We stayed at Mary Ann's friend's house in Tagaytay.  KUMUSTA KABAYAN || PLANET PINOY 🇵🇭 Click on any photo above to enlarge. Use left/right arrows to navigate. Please drop us a comment below. 🙏🏽 Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one online community in the  Philippines . Please click to  follow PH.pinoybuilt.com . 🤙🏽 Thank you! 👊🏽 Maraming salamat po kabayan.  ✌🏽 Pinoybuilt uses  Disqus  as the commenting system because it prevents spam, but also because it connects our various sub-sites like www.pinoybuilt.com, LA.pinoybuilt.com, HI.pinoybuilt.com, AU.pinoybuilt.com & PH.pinoybuilt.com. Comments help a website go viral (and make $$$) so we hope to hear from you. 🙏🏽 Know anyone who'd be interested in blogging for Pinoybuilt (whether they're in the Philippines, USA, Canada, UAE, etc). Please share this site with them. Btw, blogging is what you do on Facebook, Twi...

PCO Press Briefing with MPC 3/12/2025 Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Atty. Claire Castro holds a press briefing with the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) on March 12, 2025.   'HILING PO ITO MISMO NG DATING PANGULONG DUTERTE' Palace Press Officer and Undersecretary Atty. Claire Castro said Monday, March 10, that former President Rodrigo Duterte had previously expressed willingness to face the International Criminal Court (ICC) and even urged it to… pic.twitter.com/l8Fngwy7v5 — iMPACT Leadership (@iMPACTPH2019) March 11, 2025