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• YouLEAD:

  CONSUL GENERAL GINA A. Jamoralin (fifth from right) joins last Friday 15, 2019 in the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Consulate General in downtown Chicago, Illinois the photo op of the participants to the Midwest Youth Leaders in Diaspora (YouLEAD) Immersion Program from Jan. 3 to 9, 2019 trip to the Philippines. Photo shows from left John Graeme Phillips, Christopher Garrick, Daphne Constantinides, Veronica Garrick, Nina Mondero, Alyssa Solomon and Everett Icao. (JGL Photo by JOSEPH G. LARIOSA)

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• LEARNING 20 TAGALOG WORDS:

  VERONICA GARRICK told Filipino community members last Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, she and 13 other Filipino Americans talked to each other in Tagalog shortly before landing in Manila, Philippines so they could carry basic Tagalog conversation using such words as “ano?,” “opo and “hindi po” during her testimonial at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago, Illinois. She  was a participant of Midwest Youth Leadership in Diaspora (YouLEAD) Immersion Program from Jan. 3 to 9, 2019 trip to the Philippines. (JGL Photo by JOSEPH G. LARIOSA)

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• "THIS TRIP CHANGED MY LIFE:"

  JOHN GRAEME PHILLIPS told the Filipino community in the Kalayaan Hall in the Philippine Consulate General in downtown Chicago, Illinois last Feb. 15, 2019 that in his brief stay in the Philippines under the Midwest Youth Leaders in Diaspora (YouLEAD) Immersion Program from Jan. 3 to 9, 2019 trip to the Philippines, “I learned not only the Filipino culture but also about myself. Meeting a Filipino is always fun. This program changed the course of my life in a very positive direction." (JGL Photo by JOSEPH G. LARIOSA)

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• SECOND TIME IS A CHARM:

  NINA MONDERO's trip to the Philippines from Jan. 3 to 9, 2019 with the Midwest Youth Leaders in Diaspora (YouLEAD) Immersion Program was her second time in only two years. But she said she enjoyed every moment of it. In her first trip she was on vacation accompanied by her Dad, Dennis Mondero, an active Filipino community leader, when they sampled tourist spots in Manila and in Palawan. This time Nina said she enjoyed her interaction with the children at Gawad Kalinga in Cavite. (JGL Photo by JOSEPH G. LARIOSA)

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• COURTESY CALL:

  YouLEAD PARTICIPANTS are shown during their courtesy call on former Presidential Spokesman and now Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Strategic Communications and Research Ernesto C. Abella (third from right, seated) at the Carlos P. Garcia Conference Room of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Undersecretary Abella was joined by Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Maria Lumen B. Isleta (to Abella's left), and officers from the DFA Office of American Affairs. (DFA photo)

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• QUESTION PLEASE:

  A YouLEAD PARTICIPANT poses a question during the briefing conducted by the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs which was organized by the Foreign Service Institute. (DFA photo)

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• INTRODUCING:

  JOSEPH G. LARIOSA of philamessenger.comintroduces Daphne Constantinides of Ohio last Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 during a video interview asking her about her less than two-week visit to the Philippines as a participant to the Midwest Youth Leaders in Diaspora (YouLEAD) Immersion Program from Jan. 3 to 9, 2019 trip to the Philippines. The interview was held in the Kalayaan Hall in the Philippine Consulate in downtown Chicago, Illinois. (JGL Photo by JASON DE LA ROSA)

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• CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION:

  COMMUNITY LEADERS who received certificates of appreciation wave their certificates of appreciation given to them of behalf of the organizations they are representing for making the 2018 Paskuhan Planning Committee and the Simbang Gabi and the 2019 Midwest YouLead Immersion Program last Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 at the Philippine Consulate General in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Photo shows from left to right front row Frank Alvarez, Sol Anderson, Josephine M. Diaz, Suzette Ancheta, Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin, Edward Brotonel and Jan Paul Ferrer. Back row from left are Alyssa Solomon, Everett Icao, Ruben Salazar, Mariano Santos and Willy Buhay. (Photo courtesy of Mr. Arnel Santiago)

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• “GOOD LUCK, GOOD HEALTH GOD BLESS YOU:”

  PINOY NEWSMAGAZINE publisher-editor Anong Santos (left) and Ruben Salazar of the Philippine American Cultural Foundation surprise outgoing Philippine Cultural Officer Anna Liza “Liezl” Alcantara with a serenade of a nostalgic song, “Good Luck, Good Health, God Bless You” as she ends her tour of duty and goes back to her home office in the Philippines last Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Consulate General in downtown, Chicago, Illinois. Liezl will be replaced by Mr. Noli Dulay, who left his old post in Saudi Arabia. (JGL Photo by JOSEPH G. LARIOSA)

   

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• NEW "SHERIFFS" IN TOWN:

  DEPUTY CONSUL GENERAL Romulo Victor M. Israel, Jr. (extreme left) introduces Mr. Noli Dulay (center), new Cultural Officer, and Mr. Ryan Gener as the new Consul in the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago, Illinois last Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. Mr. Dulay replaces outgoing Cultural Officer Anna Liza “Liezl” Alcantara who is returning to home office in Manila, Philippines. (JGL Photo by JOSEPH G. LARIOSA)

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• ONE MORE TIME:

  CONSUL GENERAL GINA A. JAMORALIN (third from left) joins a photo op during the First Talakayan (Conversation) 2019 at the Philippine Consulate in Chicago, Illinois last Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 with Consular staff and Filipino community leaders. Others in photo from left are Cultural Officer Anna Lisa “Liezl” Alcantara, journalist Joseph G. Lariosa, Nina Mondero, Dennis Mondero, Administrative Officer Atty. Alvar Rosales and Miss Josephine Mascarenas Diaz. (JGL Photo)

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