SolarMaxFil-Am Branch representatives and their officers paid a courtesy call to the Honorable Ma. Helen Barber De La Vega, Philippines Los Angeles Consul General, last June 3, 2013 to launch Solar energy utilization focusing on the Filipino-American community in California.

Felino “Jun” Quinto, third from left, branch manager of the Fil-Am unit of Solar Max, also emphasized that while the unit is propagating the energy savings through the use of Solar panels among Fil-Am residential and commercial owners in the State, research is being done here and in the Philippines to evolve a template that would apply in the country and The Asean. (more…)

A STUDENT from The Philippines now studying in Brisbane, Australia has been honored for a second time by the Lord Mayor in his adopted home.

Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk announced 28-year-old Adonil Paul Mariano was one of 33 Brisbane International Student Ambassadors for 2013. (more…)

Filipina artist Lenore RS Lim is currently exhibiting “Calado,” her 10th Solo exhibit in New York at Tally Beck Contemporary, a lower eastside Manhattan gallery specializing in contemporary Asian art. The show runs from May 8 to June 21.

During the exhibit, the gallery will also give a presentation on “A History of Contemporary Art in the Philippines” by Tally Beck on May 22 and an “Artist’s Talk and Q&A” with Lenore RS Lim on May 29. (more…)