Pinay Businesswoman – Multi-award Recipient!

Filipina businesswoman Patricia Berberabe – the 67-year-old owner of the famous Filipino store on Newark Avenue (Phil-Am Trading, Inc) – is set to receive four awards, including the Presidential Awardees to be handed by the Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo herself. In a week, she will be flying to Manila to personally receive her Banaag Award.

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Welcome to JC, Consul Zaldy B. Patron!

Mr. Zaldy B. Patron is the newly-assigned Consul at the Philippine Consulate General of New York. He came here to the United States sometime last October, and will be here for the next 6 years.

The 39-year old U.P. Diliman alumna lives in the Heights area of Jersey City with his wife and four children. When [...]



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 [...]