Jeanette on May 14th 2008
Our very own Emz Benosa Homma managed a whirlwind tour of Los Angeles last week, hosted by Virginia Bongog Simpson and Ophelia “Babot” Pasibe-Glasser. I too was lucky enough to meet up with Emily in L.A. and we both got a chance to visit with Lola Dora, who, I am pleased to report, came through her surgery well and is now recovering. Lola Dora is not quite out of the woods yet, so to speak, but doing as well as can be expected. We’ll have more updates and photos of Lola Dora later.
In the meantime, enjoy the following photos from Emily’s L.A. tour.
Emily with L.A.’s finest at the famous Venice Beach.
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Jeanette on Apr 25th 2008
We are pleased to welcome Mr. Tony Brownlow as a guest writer here on the Sagunto Star. In the following essay, he shares with us what makes the Philippines, and Sagunto in particular, so special to him. He and his wife, Helen Bongog Brownlow, have a home on the foothills of Palina, overlooking Sagunto and the surrounding areas.
THE PHILIPPINE ENIGMA BY AN ENGLISHMAN
by Tony Brownlow
As a boy thumbing through a book of knowledge, I happened upon a photograph which portrayed a carabao being worked in the rice field. The farmer behind was clean and tidy, wearing a wide brimmed white sombrero. What I could not understand of this photography from a tropical clime was that the man was clearly white and this image stayed with me.
Some twelve years later, I had been a soldier in the Korean War, and by a twist of fate, instead of a troopship return to England, I was a passenger in an R.A.F. two-engined Valetta to take me from Japan to Singapore. This meant refueling three times. The first or was it the second stop over, we landed in some obvious tropical country. It was in the dark of the night, lightning was flashing in the night sky – this was end of May, 1953. It felt humid as though we had landed in the middle of jungle. “Where are we?” I asked. “The Philippines!” replied someone. Amazingly, the enigma remained because we took off and I never saw the country at all.
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Loejan on Apr 3rd 2008
Barangay Sagunto gained another feather in its cap from of the exemplary performances of the three Sanggunian Kabataan Members who topped the Artacho National High School graduating class, batch 2007-2008.
From L to R: Jwun B. Mangante – 1st Honorable Mention, John Ray B. Torres – Salutatorian, Wahl Kervie L. Anudon – Valedictorian
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Jeanette on Apr 2nd 2008
The Saguntonians in Canada met up not too long ago, through the cold and through the snow, for a weekend of fun and camaraderie.
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Jeanette on Mar 8th 2008
Last November 6, 2007, Jeff & Lailani Estoesta were blessed with a second son, Joshua. Congratulations, Jepoy and family may your blessings continue to grow.
Jepoy, Lailani, Jorelle & Joshua
Big brother Jorelle and 4 months old Joshua
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