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Patnubay – 2012 Achievement Report

January 25, 2013   Patnubay Online   No comments

Today in History

January 25, 2005 – Sa araw na ito, walong taon na ang nakaraan ay nabili natin ang domain name na Patnubay.com. Gumawa tayo ng website noon para makapagbigay ng tamang impormasyon at para makapag-empower sa mga OFWs sa Saudi

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Patnubay Advocacy Group – A Closer Look

August 07, 2012   Tasio Espiritu   No comments

About Patnubay Advocacy Group

Patnubay promotes volunteerism and servant leadership.

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OFW Movie LAWAS KAN PINABLI screening in Manila on March 16, 2012

March 13, 2012   Patnubay Online   No comments

OFW Movie LAWAS KAN PINABLI screening at the Cinema is Incomplete on March 16,2012 Friday at 8pm. Cinema Is Incomplete is located at 117-C Anonas Extension, Sikatuna Village, Q.C. Please contact 0906 220 8124 and 0917 486 2623 for details.

Lawas Kan Pinabli [Synopsis]

A neophyte migrant Filipino worker from the Pangasinan province in the northern Philippines arrives at a bustling city in the Middle East searching for his missing wife who first came to the Arab country three years ago. While searching for his wife at the temporary homes, workplaces, and watering holes of

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Feature Article: Filipino words with Arabic origin

March 04, 2012   Tasio Espiritu   No comments

Photo by Tas Espiritu

My Arabic is just conversational but for 13 years of my daily use of the language; I learned that there are many words in Arabic which are similar to ours.

For several years, I had wanted to make a list of all those words but I didn’t have the interest to do it. Last week, I was fired with enthusiasm to start listing and to my amazement, I was able to find more words than I had expected.

Such amazement drives me to write this article.

A Brief History

In AD 711, the Umayyad army invaded the Iberian Peninsula from the Germanic Kingdom and brought most of the region  under Islamic rule.

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February 21, 2012 – International Mother Language Day: Mother tongue instruction and inclusive education

February 21, 2012   Patnubay Online   No comments

International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in November 1999 (30C/62).

On 16 May 2009 the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution A/RES/61/266called upon Member States “to promote the preservation and protection of all languages used by peoples of the world”. By the same resolution, the General Assembly proclaimed 2008 as the International Year of Languages, to promote unity in diversity and international understanding, through multilingualism and multiculturalism.

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OFW Movie “Lawas Kan Pinabli” to be shown at Cinema Rehiyon 2012 in Bacolod City

January 29, 2012   Patnubay Online   No comments

OFW Movie “Lawas Kan Pinabli” will be shown at CINEMA REHIYON Movie Festival in Bacolod City. The CINEMA REHIYON is a four day event (February 8  - 11, 2012) which features independent films set in various regions of the Philippines.  Lawas Kan Pinabli is scheduled for showing on February 11, 2012, Saturday, 10 AM  at Robinsons Movieworld Cinema 6. Admission is free.

BACOLLYWOOD: CINEMA REHIYON is the first national film festival that gives premium on movies created outside of Metro Manila, dubbed the other Philippines. The

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Patnubay Advocates Language Preservation

January 09, 2012   Tasio Espiritu   No comments

Language preservation is very important because when a language dies, the next generation will find it difficult to understand their past culture and tradition.

When patnubay.com was launched in year 2005, the Preservation of the Philippine Native Languages was our secondary objective. However, due to our limited number of volunteers, we focused mainly on the OFW Empowerment and on assisting OFWs in labor, police and welfare cases

We have achieved impressive success on these primary objectives but the Language Preservation did not materialize until OFW Christopher Gozum joined Patnubay

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