LM Confidential Issue April 2015

L.M.Confidential
Born to Migrate?
More and more are emigrating ‘for the sake of the children’
SISTER
ACT
ABOVE, Ampee Panaligan wins Miss Photogenic and 2nd runner-up at the Miss Katipunan pageant.
No Tinikling At APEC In The Philippines
Delegates at the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (Apec) finance deputies meeting could not help whipping
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RIGHT, Ampee’s sister, Maria Panaligan sings at the Spring Fling dinner party afterwards.
MANILA - No tinikling, rondalla or cheesy folk songs. Instead, there were hip-hop, tribal drums and sopranos in Grecian gowns because, finally, the bureaucracy has realized the need to upgrade the entertainment offered to foreign guests.
APRIL 2015
L. M. Confidential
APRIL 2015
Watch the Toronto concert of Sarah Geronimo on May 9 / 7:30pm at
Roy Thomson Hall.
Call Genelie Panaligan for concert tickets at
647-867-0740
MANILA - My old friend feels he has lost his youngest son. The boy has moved to Canada with his wife and daughter.
For many Filipino families, migrating is no longer a big deal. Every day, some 3,000 of our people depart for foreign places, whether temporarily or for keeps.
In early March, 10.4 million Filipinos—roughly 1 in 10
GabRu
GMA-7’s Newest Loveteam
Gabbi Garcia & Ruru Madrid headlines Let The Love Begin
WHY YOU SHOULD LOVE BURNT
TOAST
SHARON CUNETA
HOW SHE LOST 40 LBS
FILCAN
SHOULD ROTC BE MANDATORY AGAIN?
SAVES WOMAN FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE
LIZA
FOR CARLA
SOBERANO
ABELLANA,
HIT SHOWS GIVES CAREER A BOOST
TOM RODRIGUEZ MAY BE THE ONE
of all our people—were away from home. Of this number, over 4.9 million are migrants; and over 4.2 million are overseas contract workers. For Filipinos, even Toronto is now just a long commute away. Cell phones are handy,
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