Two weeks from now, one of the biggest Filipino events in Jersey City will happen: the 18th Philippine-American Friendship Day Parade. The Friendship Day symbolizes the friendship between America and the Philippines. In New York, they celebrate this sooner — as early as first day of June.
The festival will start off with a mass at [...]
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18th Philippine-American Friendship Day Parade
Filipino Student in the National Spelling Bee Competition
Do you know that there’s an eight grader Filipino student who participated in the National Spelling Bee Competition last week?
Her name is Michelle Ann Tan, a 13-year old student of St. Nicholas School (Heights, Jersey City). Because she won the Jersey Journal-sponsored Hudson-wide Spelling contest, she advanced to the National competition.
Unfortunately, she didn’t qualify for [...]