Nezhukumatathil draws upon her Filipina and Malayali Indian background to give a unique perspective on love and loss, and the land.
A group of young Filipino athletes find themselves stranded on an uninhabited island after their plane crashes, claiming the lives of both their pilot and coach.
Alma Bella (March 13, 1910 – May 11, 2012) was a Filipino silent film actress.
NBI has said that there is about 8,000 complaints filed against the company and over 100,000 Filipino families were victimized.
Ángel Esmerelda (October 1, 1915) is a prewar Filipino actor.
Arturo B. Rotor (June 7, 1907–April 9, 1988) was a Filipino medical doctor, civil servant, musician, and writer.
His parents were both of Filipino heritage, with his father being from the Philippine capital, Manila, and mother from the Philippine "summer capital", Baguio City.
Caroline "Cara" Villarosa Subijano is a Filipina newscaster and former beauty queen and who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas-World 1994.
Charles Borck (January 4, 1917 – February 6, 2008) was a Filipino basketball player.
(September 14, 1901 - September 20, 1965) was a Filipino politician who was best known for his service as a Senator of the Philippines.
Daniel Dingel is a controversial Filipino engineer who claims to have invented a “hydrogen reactor” - a device which he claims to have used to power a water-fuelled car.
Denis Santos Wolf (born 15 January 1983) is a Filipino–German footballer who plays as a forward for Global FC and the Philippines national team.
Dennis Mengoy Cagara (born 19 February 1985) is a Danish–Filipino professional footballer who plays for Lyngby as left back.
Elmer Torres Espiritu (born November 23, 1985) is a Filipino professional basketball player who plays for Barako Bull Energy Cola in the Philippine Basketball Association.
Eraserheads: The Reunion Concert The Movie is a film of the historical reunion concert of the Filipino alternative rock band Eraserheads on August 30, 2008.
Eric Carlo Laboriante Salamat (born April 26, 1988) is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Air21 Express in the Philippine Basketball Association.
On February 13, 2010, Montiel defeated Filipino prospect Ciso Morales (14–0) via KO at the 1st round, successfully defending his WBO Bantamweight title.
Dental morphology provides clues to prehistoric migration patterns, with Sinodont dental patterns occurring in East Asia, Central Asia, North Asia, and the Americas.
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Starting in the second half of the 16th century, Spanish was the official language of the country for the more than three centuries that the islands were governed through Mexico City on behalf of the Spanish Empire.
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During the period of Spanish colonialism beginning in the 16th century, the Philippines was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which was governed and controlled from Mexico City.
Claiford A. Arao, also known as Ford Arao, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association who played for the Meralco Bolts.
The Global Run: Alay sa Pilipino at sa Buong Mundo (English:Global Run: A Tribute to All Filipinos around the Globe) is a fund raising run started by Filipino runner Cesar Guarin.
In addition to adding saxophonist Curtis Brown (who had already begun playing with the band in several concerts), the band added "The Philipino Phenom" Alden Lumagui on bass and "Sugar" Shawn Moseley on keyboards.
Gonzalo "Lito" G. Puyat II (May 21, 1933 – January 7, 2013) was a Filipino sport administrator and politician.
Hermana Fausta Labrador (December 19, 1858 – December 13, 1942) is a Filipino in pending cause for sainthood and is venerated in Roman Catholic Church.
The agricultural makeup of the city outside the centre is populated mostly by farmers, leading to an influx of Chinese and Filipino women as wives.
Filipino nationals Juanito T. Itaas (principal) and Donato B. Continente (accomplice) were convicted by a Philippine court and sentenced to 16 years imprisonment; Continente was released in 1995 under an amnesty programme of the Philippine government.
Jason Nicolas Maria Dantes de Jong (born 28 February 1990) is a Filipino international footballer who plays for Global FC, as a defensive midfielder.
JB Leonor, born Domingo Leonor III is a Filipino drummer and songwriter, best known as the co-founder of the Filipino rock/new wave band The Dawn.
In 1985, 1986, and 1988, she received MacDowell Colony fellowships, which helped enable her to write the novel Dogeaters, which illuminates many different aspects of Filipino experience, focusing on the influence of America through radio, television, and movie theaters.
Joshua Vincent "Josh" Alcala (born January 5, 1984 in Austin, Texas) is an American–born soccer player of Filipino and Hispanic descent.
Kathleen de Leon Jones (born Kathleen de Leon on 1 September 1977 in Manila, Philippines) is an Australian actress, dancer, and singer of Filipino descent.
Kerima Polotan-Tuvera (December 16, 1925 – August 19, 2011) was a Filipino author.
Leo Echegaray (11 July 1960 - 5 February 1999) was the first Filipino to be meted the death penalty after its re-insatement in the Philippines in 1993, some 23 years after the last judicial execution was carried out.
Lota Delgado (1918 – April 28, 2009) was a Filipino actress noted mostly for her pre-World War II career.
Sanchez is a past director of the Philippine Association of Manitoba, and a founding member of the Filipino Canada Toastmaster Club.
(January 24, 1920 – December 5, 2008) was a Filipino soldier, World War II veteran and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from 1968 until 1972.
Among other appearance, she was featured in the made-for-Indonesian-market version of Josh Groban's music video, She's Out of My Life, appeared in the Indonesian version of Rivermaya's song Balisong (Filipino band), and appeared in the Indonesian TV Series Dunia Tanpa Koma (DTK), in a cameo role.
Mata'pang is best known for murdering the Spanish priest Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, the first Christian missionary on Guam, and his Filipino companion, Saint Pedro Calungsod.
Melchor "Mel" Gongora Chavez is a Filipino radio and print journalist currently running for the Philippine Senate.
Muro-Ami, also known as Coral Fishing, is a 1999 Filipino film directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya starring Filipino actors Cesar Montano, Amy Austria, Jhong Hilario, Rebecca Lusterio, Jerome Sales, Teodoro Penaranda Jr., and Walter Pacatang.
Muslimin Gampong Sema (born April 27, 1949), also known as Mus or The Peacemaker, is a Filipino politician who has been the current Vice Mayor of Cotabato City since June 2010.
President Corazon Aquino described the accident as "a national tragedy of harrowing proportions...the Filipino people's sadness is all the more painful because the tragedy struck with the approach of Christmas".
In Benjy's case, it's his Jewish mother (Lainie Kazan), who is married to a Filipino former bantamweight boxer, Rookie Carroca (Ramon Sison), and Benjy's embarrassing relatives, such as uncouth Uncle Morty (Lou Jacobi).
Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge (born 7 February 1990) is an English–Filipino footballer who plays for Fulham and for the Philippines national team as a goalkeeper.
Paul dela Cruz Mulders (born 16 January 1981) is a Dutch–Filipino professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie side SC Cambuur.
Ricci Crisostomo (born November 29, 1975) is a Filipino television and film actor who hails from Marikina City, Manila and his real name is Richard C Crisostomo.
In January 2012, the United Football League and Filipino club Global FC announced that Gier had joined them.
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Robert James Dazo "Rob" Gier (born 6 January 1981) is an English–Filipino footballer who plays mainly as a centre back for Ascot United and the Philippines national team where he is also the vice-captain.
Bernardo became the first Filipino elected to the San Mateo County Harbor Commission and he is also the highest-ranking Filipino and openly gay official in the U.S. Bernardo did not campaign in San Mateo County as an openly gay candidate in 2010, he came out after he was elected.
The estimated 10,000 Filipinos under Lapham's command became known as the Luzon Guerrilla Armed Forces (LGAF), more informally Lapham’s Raiders.
Rogelio Borja Flores (1935 – September 8, 2009) was a Filipino sports writer.
Roland Richard Guaves Müller (born 2 March 1988) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Servette FC and the Philippines national team.
The Archbishop Leonard Legaspi O.P., who was also the first Filipino Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, and the first Vicar of the Dominican Province of the Philippines.
Ronjay R. Enrile (born August 20, 1982 in Quezon City) is a Filipino professional basketball player currently working as a team ambassador for the Powerade Tigers in the Philippine Basketball Association.
+Most Rev. Salvador Q. Quizon, D.D., S.T.L., J.C.D., (born December 6, 1924) is a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Santos Sambajon (born September 10, 1960) is a Filipino professional pool player.
Sheena Reyes (born 4 April 1987) is an Australian actress of Filipino descent.
Stephanie Swift was born in Louisiana and has described herself as a "mutt" in terms of ethnicity: Cajun, Irish, English, French, Spanish, Filipino and Norwegian.
She is also part Filipino on her father's side and part Native American.
The group was composed of four Filipino brothers: Tony, Junior, Eddie, and Albert Maligmat, and their father, Doroteo "Moro" Maligmat.
The Speaks is a popular five-member band composed of Filipinos and Filipino-Americans.
His father was a Filipino migrant who came to Hawaii as a professional boxer.
Antonio Limuaco "Tony" Fabella (March 20, 1941 – June 4, 2009) was a Filipino choreographer who was considered an institution in the Philippine dance circuit.
On December 15, 2007, Solis defended his title against Filipino veteran boxer Bert Batawang.
"Upuan" (lit. chair) is the first single of Filipino rapper Gloc-9, from his fourth album Matrikula.
Filipino Acoustic singer Nyoy Volante covered the song from his 2008 album, Heartstrings.
People's Republic of China | English people | French people | Filipino people | British people | Irish people | Scottish people | Romani people | Mexican people | Japanese people | German people | Brazilian people | Italian people | Portuguese people | Dutch people | Turkish people | Welsh people | Pashtun people | Palestinian people | Spanish people | Tamil people | Persian people | Māori people | Filipino language | Chinese people | Bengali people | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Igbo people | Yoruba people | People's Liberation Army |
Adan Ronquillo Tubong Cavite... Laking Tondo is a 1993 Filipino film directed by Joey del Rosario starring Filipino actors Bong Revilla, Sheryl Cruz, and Miguel Rodriguez.
Finally, on April 17, 1949, Executive Order No. 212 was issued by President Quirino, lifting the suspension and thereby, authorizing the immediate organization of the Municipality under the name of Agoncillo, in honor of Don Felipe Agoncillo, a native of Taal and one of the first Filipino representatives to the Spanish Cortes.
As a young Filipino, he once lived in the farm tended by his father, while his mother was separately living in a barrio in Binalonan, Pangasinan, together with Bulosan’s brother and sister.
Ang Kiukok (Chinese: 洪救國; March 1, 1931 – May 9, 2005) was a leading Filipino painter and a National Artist for Visual Arts.
The Philippines' first-ever Electronic voting (automated) polls had some 1.6 million Filipino-Muslims registered voters, who will elect a governor, vice governor and regional legislators for the ARMM.
Bartolome Ramos, also known as Omeng Ramos, (born August 24, 1943) is a Filipino politician, and the current mayor of the town of Santa Maria, Bulacan in the Philippines.
She won beating 66 other contestants and became the fifth Filipina to win the title after Gemma Cruz-Araneta in 1964, Aurora Pijuan in 1970, Melanie Marquez in 1979 and Lara Quigaman in 2005.
Bert "Tawa" Marcelo (June 6, 1936 - December 16, 1995) was a prominent Filipino television personality whose trademark high-pitched infectious laughter earned him the popular moniker "Tawa", after the Tagalog word for laugh.
Bob dela Cruz (born Jun Bob Dela Cruz on August 10, 1977 in Marilao, Bulacan) is a Filipino politician and was the first forcibly evicted housemate on his 50th day in Pinoy Big Brother's house.
Chuck Allie Gepaya (born at June 2, 1988 in Making, Parang, Maguindanao) is a Filipino actor and current PR Specialist of TV5.
Janela Arcos Lelis (born 1999) is a young Filipino girl from Malinao, Albay in the Philippines, who was photographed saving a Philippine Flag from floodwaters caused by the onslaught of Tropical Storm Juaning on 26 July 2011.
In 1984, she became the first Filipina prima ballerina, and first foreign soloist to ever join the Kirov Ballet.
Angelito Castro Anzures popularly known as Lito Anzures (born on 22 February 1927 in Santa Ines, Bulacan, Philippines - 1995) was a Filipino actor.
Luisa Pimentel-Ejército (also Loi Estrada, born Luisa Fernandez Pimentel on 2 June 1930 in Iba, Zambales), is a former Filipino politician.
Mars Ravelo (born October 9, 1916 in Tanza, Cavite, Philippines - September 12, 1988) was a Filipino graphic novelist who created the characters Darna, Dyesebel, Captain Barbell, Lastikman, Bondying, Varga, Wanted: Perfect Mother, Hiwaga, Maruja, Mariposa, Roberta, Rita, Buhay Pilipino, Jack and Jill, Flash Bomba, Tiny Tony, and Dragonna among others.
Matthew James Calibjo "Matt" Hartmann was born on August 19, 1989, is an English–Filipino footballer who plays as a left back or left midfielder for Loyola Meralco Sparks.
Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren is the fourth studio album by Filipino singer Nina, released in the Philippines on July 25, 2008 by Warner Music.
Ofelia Manibog Samar-Sy, M.D., FPCP is a Filipino physician in Internal medicine and Cardiology, medical educator, researcher, businesswoman, and socio-civic leader, who is also deeply involved in humanitarian enterprises.
Paglipas ng Dilim ("After the Darkness") is a 1920 zarzuela – a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre – written in the Tagalog-language by Filipino playwright and novelist Precioso Palma.
Paolo Manalo is a Filipino poet who teaches at the College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines.
Roxanne Guinoo-Yap (born February 14, 1986, Rosario, Cavite) is a Filipina actress.
Hadji Sadikul "Dick" Adalla Sahali (born June 18, 1941) is a Filipino politician and current Governor of Tawi-Tawi, an island province in the Sulu Archipelago.
Filipino-Chinese singer Rachelle Ann Go covered the song for her 2007 album Obsession.