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Old Photographs Tony Cuenco of Cebu, Philippines

June 28, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Cuenco Famiy: I am sharing what I believe are early pictures of my cousin TONY CUENCO who recently passed away. The picture of three, shows my grandmother Filomena Alesna Cuenco with Tony (the older boy) and another grandson. The group picture features my grandfather and grandmother, Senator Mariano Cuenco and his wife Filomena with their family. Standing l-r: Carmen Cuenco, Milagros Veloso … [Read more...] about Old Photographs Tony Cuenco of Cebu, Philippines

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cebu, Cuenco family, Philippines, politics

Global Day of Protest #NoWarOnIran in Westwood, LA, CA

January 10, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

  We went to the Global Day of Protest (No War on Iran) at the Federal Building in Westwood, LA, CA. I've been rallying for 34 years now ... as the folk song says, "When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?" I'm sharing pictures taken tonighjt at the Global Day of Protest rally, and the other picture is a newsclipping of at 1995 anti-Marcos rally (I'm im front, encircled in … [Read more...] about Global Day of Protest #NoWarOnIran in Westwood, LA, CA

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Iran, politics, protest, rally

Antique Pictures Lourdes Cuenco of Cebu Philippines

December 26, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Perhaps because I've always been interested in family genealogy, relatives and friends have been forwarding old family pictures to me.  Many pictures were damaged or lost in the Philippines during World War Two, and therefore old family pictures are rare. I'm featuring pictures of my aunt, Lourdes Cuenco, oldest sister of my mother Concepcion Cuenco.  Lourdes remained unmarried as was her … [Read more...] about Antique Pictures Lourdes Cuenco of Cebu Philippines

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: antique photos, Cebu, Cuenco family, Filipina, Philippines, politics, society

Jose Ma. Cuenco, Archbishop of Jaro: Antique photos

December 6, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

  I'm sharing old pictures of my granduncle, Archbishop Jose Ma. Cuenco (May 19, 1885-October 8, 1972). The following writeup is from Wikipedia, with some changes. Jose Ma. Cuenco was the first of sixteen children of Mariano Albao Cuenco and Remedios Diosomito Lopez. He was the brother of my maternal grandfather, Senator Mariano Jesus Cuenco. Most of their children died in … [Read more...] about Jose Ma. Cuenco, Archbishop of Jaro: Antique photos

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cebu, history, Old Cebu, old photographs, photos, pictures, politics

Movie Review “The Kingmaker” in Positively Filipino, by #CeciliaBrainard

November 13, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Movie Review: "The Kingmaker" Shows the Fragility of Democracy, review by Cecilia Brainard, published in Positively Filipino: http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/…/movie-review-the-kingma… "There was a false rumor that Imelda Marcos had funded the documentary The Kingmaker. In fact, the movie depicts Imelda Marcos, the central character, as a Marie-Antoinette-type with an excessively lavish … [Read more...] about Movie Review “The Kingmaker” in Positively Filipino, by #CeciliaBrainard

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: documentary, Filipino, history, Imelda Marcos, Marcos, movie, Philippine, politics, review, The Kingmaker

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I am a daugh­ter of the Philip­pines and an adopt­ed daugh­ter of Amer­i­ca. I have also trav­eled to many places so I am also a daugh­ter of the Earth. My expe­ri­ences have found their way into my sto­ries, which try to depict char­ac­ters caught in impor­tant moments in their lives, sit­u­a­tions that force them to act, make deci­sions, change. I try to see the world from my own point of view, not the dom­i­nant West­ern one, thus my inter­est in his­to­ry, cul­ture, and set­ting. But my char­ac­ters car­ry my sto­ries; they are the most impor­tant in my sto­ry-telling. I have to dive deep into them to under­stand their human­i­ty – their good­ness as well as their bad­ness, their beau­ty as well as their ugli­ness. Just like us. Just like each of us. I need to know where they came from, where they are now, so I under­stand where they are going. Just like us.

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