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Gigi de Lana: Bakit Nga Ba Mahal Kita - feat. Gigi Vibes (Performance Video)

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Gigi Vibes (Performance Video)
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Location: Philippines
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Welcome Jess Ignacio to our site!

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Jess: Thank you for joining us! Jess Ignacio is a friend of my late wife Tess Garcia Perseveranda (and my friend on Facebook of course). She has joined Pinoybuilt as a blogger. Jess, I'm looking forward to your posts. We had a lengthy discussion on Messenger. To recap: The main site is www.pinobuilt.com . That site is Northern California-based since that's where I live. Feel free to recruit bloggers to this site PH.pinoybuilt.com . They should be based in the Philippines of course. Pinoybuilt.com and sub-sites are all limited to 100 authors/bloggers. The sites make money through Google Ad views so please do invite family and friends to visit here. Have them make this their home website. ;) Since the number one concentration of Filipino Americans is Los Angeles, CA, I have a site that caters to that, LA.pinoybuilt.com . I'll keep this short for now. As you and I discussed, we'll post daily and communicate via the COMMENTS box (unless it's a private matter). Maraming ...
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Garcia Family in MGM Resort Maramag, Bukidnon, Philippines

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Balikbayan 2005 I had flown in from the USA on March 26. Chesca was baptized the next day on March 27. Tess and the kids had been on vacation in the Philippines since December 2004. This was the first and last time the kids, Tess and I were in the Philippines together. Please click to follow ph.pinoybuilt.com .
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Maligayang Bati Reggie!

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Happy Birthday Reggie! Who's the boss?! Hi Rowena! 😁 Flashback: Hanging out with Joy and Gary Sison. Valencia, Bukidnon. April 8, 2005. Please click to follow ph.pinoybuilt.com .
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Happy Birthday Reggie!

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Maligayang Bati Reggie! Flashback: Playing billiards on the home table. Valencia, Bukidnon. March 31, 2005. Please click to follow ph.pinoybuilt.com .
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Location: Valencia City, Bukidnon, Philippines
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Happy Wedding - Valencia, Bukidnon

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The Garcia Family Maapag, Valencia, Bukidnon. November 16, 1999. Family photo post-wedding ceremony. Michelle was the only representative for the Perseveranda family. Thank you Kuya Jun and Ate Lorna for the use of your beautiful house. Please click to follow ph.pinoybuilt.com .
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Location: Maapag, Valencia City, Bukidnon, Philippines
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Valencia, Bukidnon Wedding - November 16

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We got married on November 16, 1999 We met on May 16. Her birthday was August 16. So I chose 11/16 at 5:16pm. Jonjo & Atet. Maapag, Valencia, Bukidnon.
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Happy Anniversary Tess Garcia Perseveranda

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Flashback to November 1999 Tess and I were out with her sister Rowena and her husband Reggie. I think we were in Quezon City or Manila. Cheers in heaven.
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Location: Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Balikbayan via Honolulu, Hawaii

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Tess & I await our flight at Honolulu International Airport. July 18, 2013. Honolulu, Hawaii. 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, Twitter, Instagram, Tik...
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Location: Honolulu, HI, USA
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Magnitude6.2 Earthquake - Mindoro, Philippines

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Preliminary Report BREAKING: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolts Calatagan in Batangas province on Thursday morning, @phivolcs_dost says, adding aftershocks and damage are expected. Story soon on https://t.co/Ni4v3zQor2 pic.twitter.com/QcD919DiOj — CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) June 15, 2023 Magnitude 6.2 Date-Time Universal Time (UTC): 15 Jun 2023 02:19:25 Time near the Epicenter (1): 15 Jun 2023 10:19:25 Time in your area (1): 14 Jun 2023 18:19:25 Location 13.795N 120.713E Depth 124 km Distances 5.6 km (3.5 mi) S of Hukay, Philippines 9.7 km (6.0 mi) ESE of Calatagan, Philippines 15.8 km (9.8 mi) S of Balayan, Philippines 18.7 km (11.6 mi) SW of Calaca, Philippines 66.0 km (40.9 mi) NW of Calapan, Philippines Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 8.8 km; Vertical 4.6 km Parameters Nph = 85; Dmin = 998.7 km; Rmss = 0.84 seconds; Gp = 41° Version = Event ID us 7000k8jz (1) Nominal Standard Time; local and daylight savings time zone may differ. For updates, maps, and te...
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Location: Mindoro, Philippines
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Happy Birthday Antonio Garcia!

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Maligayang Kaarawan po Papa Tony! Marites, Jian, Nica and Mama Helen look on as Papa Tony dances at his birthday dinner celebration.
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Location: Valencia City, Bukidnon, Philippines
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Manila Ocean Park - June 23

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The Manila Ocean Park, also known as Ocean Park, is an oceanarium in Manila, Philippines. It is owned by China Oceanis Philippines Inc., a subsidiary of China Oceanis Inc., a Singaporean-registered firm. It is located behind the Quirino Grandstand at Rizal Park. 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 i...
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Location: Manila Ocean Park, Quirino Grandstand, 666 Behind, Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila, Philippines
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Rowena Ronquillo, Happy Birthday!

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Maligayang Kaarawan, Rowena! Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. Marites & Rowena. November 1999. Let's say November 9. This is my favorite photo that I took of you, Rowena. Pareho kayong sobrang ganda! Atet & I just had dinner at a Japanese restaurant in Makati Shangri-La Hotel. We then met Reggie and you at this Mexican restaurant across the boulevard. Good times. Have a great birthday sister-in-law. Atet & Dot. November 1999. KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 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.  ✌🏽 J.F. Ronaldo Perseveranda
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🌏 Out of Taiwan? Rethinking the Four Waves of Migration to the Philippines

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🌏 Most Filipinos grew up learning about the Four Waves of Migration Theory, a simplified model popularized by H. Otley Beyer. It framed Filipino ancestry through waves: Negritos, Indonesians, Malays, and later foreign traders. But in 2025, this model is being questioned — and replaced by a richer, more accurate story rooted in DNA, archaeology, and language. The more accepted theory today? The Out-of-Taiwan Hypothesis , which suggests that most Filipino ancestors came from Taiwan about 4,000–5,000 years ago — part of a larger Austronesian expansion that reached as far as Hawaii, Madagascar, and New Zealand. “Rather than fixed waves, Filipino identity was shaped by overlapping migrations and cultural exchange across centuries.” Genetic research shows that modern Filipinos have a unique blend of Austronesian, Negrito, East Asian, and South Asian ancestry. Negrito groups like the Aeta are not just a "first wave" but deeply rooted indigenous peoples. M...
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Why Vicente Manansala’s Madonna of the Slums Captivates Us All

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“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...
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Remembering the Maguindanao massacre 15 years later

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Nineteen journalists from Central Visayas and Eastern Visayas, along with representatives from the Mindanao Institute of Journalism, MindaNews, Media Impact Philippines, and International Media Support, gathered Thursday, November 21, at the site of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Barangay Silay, Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur. The event took place two days before the 15th anniversary of the deadly attack which killed 58 people, 32 of them journalists.
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Ano ang Baybayin? | Need to Know

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Wikipedia Baybayin  ( Tagalog pronunciation:  [bai̯ˈba:jɪn] ,  ᜊᜊᜌᜒ , virama-krus-kudlit:  ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔ , virama-pamudpod:  ᜊᜌ᜴ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜴   ; also known incorrectly as  Alibata ) is an old  writing system  that was used in the Philippines. It is an  alphasyllabary  belonging to the family of the  Brahmic scripts . It was widely used in  Luzon  and other parts of the  Philippines  during the 16th and 17th centuries before being supplanted by the  Latin alphabet . The characters are in the  Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP)  of  Unicode , proposed to be encoded in 1998 by  Michael Everson  together with three other known  indigenous scripts of the Philippines . [4]  In the 19th and 20th centuries, Baybayin survived and evolved into the forms of  Tagbanwa script  of  Palawan ,  Hanuno'o  and  Buhid  scripts of  Mindoro , and was used ...
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June 15, 1991: Mt. Pinatubo Eruption Devastates the Philippines

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On June 15, 1991, Mt. Pinatubo on the Philippine island of Luzon erupted with a massive blow. Pinatubo is most notorious for its VEI-6 eruption on June 15, 1991, the second-largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century after the 1912 eruption of Novarupta in Alaska. Complicating the eruption was the arrival of Typhoon Yunya, bringing a lethal mix of ash and rain to towns and cities surrounding the volcano. Predictions at the onset of the climactic eruption led to the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from the surrounding areas, saving many lives. Surrounding areas were severely damaged by pyroclastic surges, pyroclastic falls, and subsequently, by the flooding lahars caused by rainwater re-mobilizing earlier volcanic deposits. This caused extensive destruction to infrastructure and changed river systems for years after the eruption. Minor dome-forming eruptions inside the caldera continued from 1992 to 1993. KUMUSTA KABAYAN || PLANET PINOY 🇵🇭 Click on any ph...
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