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This is the last part of the musical concert taken from the TV telecast of Bravo Filipino, produced by the Filipinas Heritage Library and by the Ayala Group of Companies. Featuring Asia's Queen of Songs, Ms. Pilita Corrales with Basil Valdez and Celeste Legaspi. You can Watch the solo performance of Celeste Legaspi in my Video Player. She sings "Tuliro".

You'll see here Erik with his wife going to diffrent places around Manila and the Making of San Miguel Beer TV commercial with Manny Pacquiao. You can watch part 1 and part 2 of his trip in my Video Player section of my page. This is from a TV program in the Philippines called "Sports Unlimited" with host Dyan Castillejo at ABS-CBN 2.

It's a short travelogue done in 1938 called "Manila. Queen City of the Pacific". It shows footage of an intact Intramuros, a pre-bombed out Rizal Avenue with it's tram system, a pre-bombed out Jones Bridge, a tree lined Taft Avenue, and the majestic former San Francisco Church. Sigh. I know. Looking at footage like this makes me feel a tinge of sadness about the glory we lost thanks to war and neglect. But on the other hand, it also makes me hopeful simply because it shows the standard that which we all should aspire - a civilized, multifaceted, multicultural Manila for all. Learn more about the filmmaker, Andre de la Varre.

Chavacano (as a proper noun and a derivative of the Spanish adjective "chabacano" and as it is generally accepted in literature, the broadcast media, and Zamboanguenos) or Chabacano (from the Spanish adjective) is a creole language or more precisely, the common name for the several varieties of the Philippine Creole Spanish spoken in the Philippines. The word chabacano which the name Chavacano is derived from is Spanish for "poor taste," "vulgar," "common," "tasteless," "tacky," or "coarse." It also means clown in some South American countries. The Chavacano language is the only Spanish creole in Asia. It has survived for more than 400 years, thus making it one of the oldest creole languages in the world. Besides Chinese, Spanish and English, it is the only Philippine language which is not a member of the Austronesian family. Chavacano speakers are concentrated mostly in Zamboanga City and in the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Norte, and Basilan. It is also spoken in some areas of Cavite, Davao, and Cotabato. According to the official 2000 Philippine census, there were altogether 607,200 Chavacano speakers in the Philippines in that same year. The exact figure could be higher than the census figure as the population of Zamboanga City, whose main language is Chavacano, far exceeded the census figure in 2000. Speakers are also found in Semporna, Sabah in Malaysia not surprisingly because this northern part of Borneo is close to the Sulu islands and Zamboanga Peninsula and was once part of Spanish Philippines until the late 19th century. Some people of the Muslim ethnic tribes of Zamboanga such as the Tausugs, the Samals, and of Basilan such as the Yakans also speak the language. In the close provinces of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi areas, there are muslim speakers of the Chabacano de Zamboanga. There are several varieties of this creole and their classification is based on their substrate languages and the regions where they are commonly spoken. The three known varieties of Chavacano/Chabacano which have Tagalog as their substrate language are Caviteno (spoken in Cavite), Ternate o (spoken in Ternate, Cavite), and Ermita o (once spoken in Ermita and now extinct). The other varieties which have Cebuano as their substrate language are Zamboangueno (spoken in Zamboanga City), Davaoeno (spoken in areas of Davao), and Cotabateno (spoken in Cotabato City). Zamboangueno is the variety with the most number of speakers, being the main language of Zamboanga City. The vocabulary is predominantly derived from the Spanish language, while grammar is mostly based on other Philippine languages primarily, Tagalog and Cebuano. It is used in education, print media, television and radio.

CBS TV interview of The Journey.And Arnel Pineda's road to success. Mabuhay !

Does Latin America accept Filipinos as part of a much wider Latino world? I'm asking you, Latino Americanos. But first, What is Latino? Do they need to speak Spanish to be part of this world? Do they need to be a son or a daughter of a Mexican or a Puerto Rican perhaps, but do not know how to speak the language? The Colonial History of the Philippines is as colorful as our Currency, the Philippine "PESO". When Ferdinand Magellan discovered our country on March 16,1521,It was the rise of a new era. Since then most of the Filipino people became Catholics . Spanish and Mexican dishes became part of our lives ( Tamales, Arroz Caldo, Chicharones, Leche Flan, etc.) Celebrations and events like El Dia de todos los Santos, El Dia de los Muertos, where we go to the cemetery and offer candles and flowers to the dead,Three Kings (signaling the end of Christmas season where we give gifts), and the Fiestas of the Saints;Like in my place we celebrate the Fiesta of San Isidro Labrador every May 15; Fiesta de San Juan, where we celebrate it by splashing waters at passers by. For almost 400 years of Spanish rule in the Philippines,even our language was not spared with what i call semi-spanizations. To begin with, The Philippines have more than 80 languages, 7 of them are considered major languages. Tagalog, Hiligaynon, Cebuano, Ilocano, Pangasinense, Waray and Kapampangan, each of these languages are sprinkled with Spanish verbs,nouns and adjectives. And we are not yet finished with that,we also have the Chavacano, the Filipino - Spanish Creole, being spoken by more than 600,000 Filipinos in Mindanao mostly in Zamboanga, and in the north in Cavite province and said to be one of the oldest Creole in the world. Lastly, the People. Some Filipinos living today have Mexican or Spanish Ancestry. (Try researching on this) Nowadays, most Filipinos consider themselves just Asians probably because of our location. There's nothing wrong about that it's also true. What is wrong is that they have forgotten history and heritage, or maybe they just don't care about it anymore. The word Filipino itself is Spanish, after FELIPE or King Philip of Spain whom the Philippines is named after, FILIPINAS in Spanish. I'm just curious. Going back to the question,Does Latin America accept FIlipinos as part of a much wider and bigger Latino world? I don't know. You answer that. VIVA FILIPINAS!, VIVA LATINOS!